“Recent research suggests that New Deal programs may actually have had their primary impact on the economy by influencing consumer and business expectations of future growth and inflation.” MayGrowthDealsEconomyInfluenceResearchExpectationsProgramImpactPrimariesConsumersInflationNew DealFuture Growth Author:Christina Romer
“I don't know anything more piggish - I don't know anything more un-American than saying, 'Oh, I'm worried about my own little handout or my own little program or my own little economy and we'll kick this can down the road and let some future generation deal with it.” KnowsLittlesMy OwnDealsEconomyGenerationsProgramWorriedKicksFuture GenerationDown The RoadHandouts Author:Todd Rokita
“It is hard to be enthusiastic about the economy's prospects when house prices are falling: Households spend less, small business owners can't use homes as collateral for loans and local governments are forced to cut jobs and programs as property-tax revenue disappears.” HardUseHomeGovernmentJobsFallHouseEconomyCuttingTaxesProgramPropertyDisappearLocalsOwnersHouseholdSmall BusinessRevenueLoanEnthusiasticProspectsBusiness OwnersLocal GovernmentSmall Business OwnersCollateralProperty TaxesHouse Prices Author:Mark Zandi
“When I am working on a problem, I never think about beauty but when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.” IfsThinkingKnowsProblemBeautifulPoliticsBeautyCreativityEconomyDesignComputerSolutionsProgramSolveFinishedArchitectureMathematicalLiberalismProgrammingConcentrationSoftwareEngineeringProblem SolvingSpectacularProgrammersComputer ProgrammingComputer ScienceProgramming LanguagesComputer LanguageMath And ScienceProblems And SolutionsSolution To A ProblemBeing BeautifulNieceSoftware DesignComputer ProgrammersArchitecture And DesignGreat ScienceSoftware DevelopmentScience PhysicsArchitecture DesignSolved ProblemsSimplicity In DesignTruth And BeautyBeautiful ArtProduct DesignArchitecture And ArtMath ProblemsUrban DesignMathematical ProblemsMathematical BeautyDesign WorkEngineering InspirationalBeauty ProductsLife And BeautyBeautiful DesignHidden Beauty Author:R. Buckminster Fuller
“Germany is a fascinating role model. The Germans have maintained their manufacturing edge despite being a high-tax, high-regulation economy. Why? Because the government really set about ensuring that it maintained funding for technical training, technical advancements and programs. It made a concerted effort to retain high-end, complex manufacturing -- the kind of BMW model, if you will. And they've done that so successfully that Germany, which has a quarter of America's population, exports more than America does.” IfsKindDoeMadeEndsDoneGovernmentAmericaEffortRolesEconomyTaxesModelsTrainingProgramComplexesEdgesPopulationDespiteGermanyFascinatingRole ModelsQuartersRegulationAdvancementFundingManufacturingBmwHigh TaxesTechnical Training Author:Fareed Zakaria
“I do know enough about economics - and so do you - to understand that the 'stimulus program' of Barack Obama and his ravenous parasitic hordes, supposedly designed to 'repair' America's broken economy, reveals him to be unimaginably stupid, gibberingly insane, or simply the biggest, most barefaced criminal thug ever to occupy the White House. And that's saying a lot.” KnowsEnoughAmericaHouseWhiteEconomyStupidBrokenProgramEconomicsCriminalsInsaneBarackWhite HouseStimulusThugHorde Author:L. Neil Smith
“Industrial production, the flow of resources in the economy, the exertion of military effort in a war, the management of finances --all require the coordination of interrelated activities. What these complex undertakings share in common is the task of constructing a statement of actions to be performed, their timing and quantity (called a program or schedule), that, if implemented, would move the system from a given initial status as much as possible towards some defined goal” IfsWarActionMovingGivenGoalCommonEffortEconomyShareMilitaryActivityResourcesProgramFlowTasksManagementComplexesProductionsStatementsFinanceDefinedQuantityTimingSchedulesInitialsUndertakingsExertionCoordination Author:George Dantzig
“If man chooses oblivion, he can go right on leaving his fate to his political leaders. If he chooses Utopia, he must initiate an enormous education program - immediately, if not sooner.” IfsMenWisdomPoliticalPoliticsLeaderEconomyFateProgramLeavingEnormousLiberalismOblivionUtopiaPolitical LeadersInitiate Author:R. Buckminster Fuller
“Just as important, we need a new dedication to opening avenues for employee participation and motivation through profit-sharing and innovative programs of job enrichment.” NeedsImportantJobsMotivationPoliticsEconomyProgramProfitOpeningLiberalismEmployeeDedicationParticipationInnovativeAvenuesEnrichmentProfit Sharing Author:Charles H. Percy
“Meanwhile, what about the workers in those state monopolies that are being put up for sale? I am reminded of a technique for employee ownership that has worked well for many U.S. companies. It goes by various names, but the best known is "Employee Stock Ownership Program," or ESOP.” WellsStatesWisdomPoliticsNamesCompanyKnownEconomyProgramWorkersVariousTechniqueLiberalismEmployeeOwnershipMonopolyEsops Author:Ronald Reagan
“This is not to say that the government should confiscate from the "haves" and bestow upon the "have-nots", beyond the requirements of a compassionate welfare program to provide for those who cannot provide for themselves. Far from it. But it is to say that our duty is to foster a strong, vibrant wealth-producing economy which operates in such a way that new additions to wealth accrue to those who presently have little or no ownership stake in their country.” WayShouldLittlesCountryGovernmentPoliticsStrongWealthEconomyDutyProgramWelfareLiberalismCompassionateStakesOwnershipRequirementsWelfare Programs Author:Ronald Reagan
“A program whose basic thesis is, not that the system of free enterprise for profit has failed in this generation, but that it has not yet been tried!” WisdomPoliticsEconomyGenerationsProgramProfitLiberalismEnterpriseThis GenerationThesisFree Enterprise Author:Franklin D. Roosevelt
“We must recognize that personal freedoms diminish as the welfare state grows. The price of more and more public programs is less and less private freedom.” StatesWisdomPoliticsGrowsEconomyProgramWelfareLiberalismDiminishWelfare StatePersonal Freedom Author:Caspar Weinberger
“Employee participation programs and employee ownership are important efforts to deal with powerlessness at work.” ImportantPoliticsDealsEffortEconomyProgramLiberalismEmployeeOwnershipParticipationPowerlessness Author:Daniel Yankelovich
“Well, there are about 10 million children that aren't covered by health insurance. About 3 million qualify for Medicaid but don't get it, so we're going to reach out and bring more of those kids into the Medicaid program.” WellsChildrenKidsMillionsEconomyProgramCoveredReach OutMedicaid Author:Franklin Raines
“I have serious concerns about whether it's prudent to give any foreign country substantial leverage over the U.S. economy. Instead of spending $80 billion on important programs here at home, we're sending this money overseas just to pay interest on our debt.” GivingImportantCountryHomeInterestPayEconomySeriousConcernProgramDebtSpendingBillionsPrudentForeign Countries Author:Tim Johnson
“When women were excluded from New Deal programs, Eleanor Roosevelt fought to include them. Roosevelt was among a handful of leaders who realized the US economy would not escape the depths of recession without the full contributions of women.” DealsLeaderEconomyProgramDepthContributionHandfulRecessionsExcludedEleanorNew Deal Author:Lael Brainard
“Our government is committed to helping our young people develop the skills and training they need to succeed. Through our Summer Company program, students can launch a business, become employers, and gain an advantage in the highly competitive global economy - all while still in school.” PeopleNeedsStillsHelpingGovernmentSchoolYoungCompanyEconomyStudentsSucceedSkillsSummerTrainingGainsAdvantageProgramCommittedEmployersGlobal Economy Author:Brad Duguid
“I am impressed by the positive and insightful feedback we have received from Canadians across the country and again this morning in Brampton. The input received during the pre-budget consultation process is invaluable to our Government, as we move forward in keeping Canada's economy strong. That means keeping taxes low while investing in programs and services that are important to Canadians and their families.” MeanImportantCountryGovernmentMovingStrongProcessMorningEconomyTaxesLowsProgramInvestingMoving ForwardBudgetsCanadaInsightfulImpressedFeedbackInputInvaluableConsultation Author:Kevin Sorenson
“Consumer spending is now plunging at serious-recession rate ... even if the rescue now in train succeeds in unfreezing credit markets, the real economy has immense downward momentum. In addition to financial rescues, we need major stimulus programs.” IfsNeedsRealEconomySeriousSucceedMajorsProgramTrainRateFinancialCreditSpendingConsumersImmenseRescueMomentumStimulusRecessions Author:Paul Krugman