“We can go back to economic plans that are only designed to benefit the wealthiest among us, like Mitt Romney. Or we can keep moving forward with President Obama's vision for a growing economy that works for middle-class families in North Carolina and all across the country. For me, for North Carolina and for America, it's an easy choice.” CountryAmericaMovingChoicesEasyPresidentVisionClassEconomyGrowingPlansEconomicMiddleBenefitsMoving ForwardMiddle ClassPresident ObamaKeep MovingRomneyKeep Moving ForwardCarolinaNorth CarolinaMiddle Class FamilyGrowing Economy Author:Bev Perdue
“My vision is that our country should be integrated in the EU, to transfer a part of our independence there. It is also our duty to do it, if we want to establish trade and a sound economy. This is the vision that I am working on and I will continue to work in the future.” IfsWantShouldCountrySoundVisionEconomyDutyIndependenceTradeOur CountryTransfersIntegrated Author:Ibrahim Rugova
“During my travels in Iraq, Israel, Gaza, Brazil, Indonesia, Japan, Europe and all over the United States, I have seen and heard the voices of people who want change. They want the stabilization of the economy, education and healthcare for all, renewable energy and an environmental vision with an eye on generations to come.” PeopleWantStatesEyeEnergyVoiceUnitedVisionUnited StatesEconomyGenerationsHeardEuropeEnvironmentalIraqIsraelJapanHealthcareIndonesiaBrazilRenewable EnergyGaza Author:Michael Franti
“The world economy is not yet a community--not even an economic community...Yet the existence of the "global shopping center" is a fact that cannot be undone. The vision of an economy for all will not be forgotten again.” WorldFactsCommunityExistenceVisionEconomyEconomicForgottenShoppingUndoneWorld EconomyShopping Centers Book:The Age of Discontinuity: Guidelines to Our Changing Society Source: The Age of Discontinuity: Guidelines to Our Changing Society
“Until the Great Depression, most economists clung to a vision of capitalism as a perfect or nearly perfect system. That vision wasn’t sustainable in the face of mass unemployment, but as memories of the Depression faded, economists fell back in love with the old, idealized vision of an economy in which rational individuals interact in perfect markets.” FacesIndividualMemoriesPerfectVisionEconomyMassCapitalismRationalUnemploymentEconomistFadedGreat Depression Author:Paul Krugman
“We need enthusiasm, imagination and the ability to face facts, even unpleasant ones, bravely. We need to correct, by drastic means if necessary, the faults in our economic system from which we now suffer. We need the courage of the young. Yours is not the task of making your way in the world, but the task of remaking the world which you will find before you. May every one of us be granted the courage, the faith and the vision to give the best that is in us to that remaking!” IfsWorldWayNeedsGivingMayMeanFactsWisdomFacesYoungSufferingPoliticsImaginationAbilityVisionEconomyEconomicTasksFaultsEnthusiasmGrantedLiberalismEconomic SystemsCorrectingDrastic Author:Franklin D. Roosevelt
“We are going through historic times, and my vision is a world, first of all, in which America continues to be that one indispensable nation. Because we're taking care of our own people, because our economy is strong and our middle class is growing, and people feel like hard work is rewarded, and we are continuing to expand opportunity and diversity and tolerance and respect.” PeopleWorldFeelsFirstsHardCareAmericaOpportunityStrongNationsVisionClassEconomyGrowingMiddleHard WorkDiversityToleranceMiddle ClassContinuingIndispensableHistoricTolerance And Respect Author:Barack Obama
“You can have a strong economy or you can help the environment, but you can't do both at the same time. That's ridiculous. In fact, as a sustainable vision for a healthy economy has to involve changing our energy policy and changing with respect to the natural world. Because we're hitting nature's thresholds, we're hitting nature's limits with respect to water and crop yields and energy use and fossil fuels heating the atmosphere at the same time we're past global peak and running out of that.” WorldFactsHelpingUseRunningPastEnergyStrongWaterNaturalVisionEconomyEnvironmentPolicyHealthyLimitsRidiculousAtmosphereFuelYieldHittingFossilsNatural WorldCropsFossil FuelThresholdHeatingEnergy PolicyStrong EconomyEnergy Use Author:James Cameron
“The dichotomies, the brokenness of the culture around things like the Vietnam war, and then a lot of it has to do with war and where we put our energy and money and attention. And the military industrial complex, which dominates our whole economy. Even with the vision of democracy in other places we know the dark side.” KnowsWarWholeCultureEnergySidesDarkAttentionVisionEconomyDemocracyMilitaryComplexesVietnamVietnam WarDark SideBrokennessDichotomyMilitary Industrial Complex Author:Anne Waldman
“Quite apart from our desire to avoid destroying the planet or economic meltdown, I offer another reason to position cooperation at the heart of our political economy: it will mean we are more likely to live sane, fruitful lives” HeartMeanReasonPoliticalDesireVisionEconomyEconomicPositionPlanetsFutureOffersCooperationDestroyingSaneSustainable DevelopmentPolitical EconomyMeltdownsFruitful Life Author:Oliver James
“Apollo wasn't just about sending people into space. It transformed so much of our economy. From our education system to so many of the things we use today, it was a vision that led to the total transformation of the planet.” PeopleUseTodaySpaceVisionEconomyPlanetsTransformationTransformedApolloEducation System Author:Kesha Rogers