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“It turns out the population issue is an easier thing to deal with than the consumption issue. Some obvious extremes in consumption we can deal with. The standard cure for a stuttering economy is to go out and buy an SUV and three more refrigerators. That's obviously not the way to go.”

Way Turns Three Deals Economy Issues Easier Standards Population Obvious Extremes Cures Consumption Refrigerators Stuttering Suvs

Author:Paul R. Ehrlich

“If you take the burden of health care, of diseases off the backs of some other countries, it gives them a chance to use their own very limited resources in ways that help their people. And also there's a hopelessness associated with deadly diseases, that if that can be alleviated, people can build their own economies in their own countries and they'll be less reliant on the developed world for help.”

People Ifs World Way Giving Country Helping Use Care Chance Economy Disease Resources Burden Health Care Other Countries Hopelessness Limited Resources Deadly Diseases

Author:Laura Bush

“That is their way, those plagues, those scientists - peg, peg, peg - dig, dig, dig - plod, plod, plod. I wish I could catch a cargo of them for my place; it would be an economy. Yes, for years, you see. They never give up. Patience, hope, faith, perseverance; it is the way of all the breed.”

Way Giving Years Would Be Wish Economy Giving Up Scientist Perseverance Never Giving Up Plague Cargo Peg

Book:Tales of Wonder

Source: Tales of Wonder

“An economy that adds value through information, ideas, and intelligence-the Three I Economy-offers a way out of the apparent clash between material growth and environmental resources.”

Way Ideas Values Three Growth Economy Information Materials Offers Resources Add Environmental Clash

Author:Charles Handy

“To take full advantage of the potential in e-business, leaders must lead differently, and people must work together differently. Let's call this new way of working e-culture-the human side of the global information era, the heart and soul of the new economy.”

People Way Humans Heart Soul Together Culture Sides Leader Economy Information Advantage Eras Working Together New Ways Heart And Soul Business Leaders

Author:Rosabeth Moss Kanter

“Russia depends on natural resources way too much. Russian economy is not diversified enough”

Way Enough Natural Economy Too Much Depends Resources Russia Natural Resources Russian Economy

Author:Kenneth Rogoff

“Expanding the Toronto Island Airport will undermine the downtown's economy and liveability and intensify pollution and smog from Oshawa to Oakville. I urge Torontonians to close down this dangerous Trojan horse and get on with planning constructive and delightful ways of using our magnificent lakeside assets.”

Way Economy Dangerous Horse Planning Islands Urges Assets Pollution Magnificent Delightful Expanding Airports Constructive Toronto Downtown Smog Trojans Trojan Horse

Author:Jane Jacobs

“Nowadays, of course, just about our only solvent industry is the merchandising of death, bankrolled by our grandchildren, so that the message of our principal art forms, movies and television and political speeches and newspaper columns, for the sake of the economy, simply has to be this: War is hell, all right, but the only way a boy can become a man is in a shoot-out of some kind, preferably, but by no means necessarily, on a battlefield.”

Source: Bluebeard: A Novel

“...countries don't create economies. It is entrepreneurs and companies that create and revitalize economies. The role of the governments should be to create a nourishing environment for entrepreneurs and companies to flourish, not to get in the way of economic development.”

Way Should Country Government Company Roles Economy Environment Economic Development Entrepreneur Economic Development

Author:John Naisbitt

“In the United States today we have the most unequal wealth and income distribution of any major country on earth - worse than at any time since the 1920s. This is an economy that must be changed in fundamental ways.”

Way Country States Today Earth Wealth United United States Economy Changed Majors Fundamentals Income Distribution Income Distribution

Author:Bernie Sanders

“Outsourcing American jobs will prove to be a plus for the economy in the long run. It's simply a new way of doing international trade.”

Way Long Running Jobs Economy Prove Trade International Plus Long Runs New Ways Outsourcing International Trade American Jobs

Author:Greg Mankiw

“I hire people brighter than me and then I get out of their way.”

People Way Economy Insightful Brighter Hiring Human Resources Recruitment Great Management

Author:Lee Iacocca