“This intolerable dependence on foreign oil threatens our economic independence and the very security of our nation. The energy crisis is real. It is worldwide. It is a clear and present danger to our nation. These are facts and we simply must face them.” RealFactsFacesEnergyNationsClearEconomicSecurityDangerCrisisIndependenceOilAlternativesDependenceForeign OilEnergy CrisisEconomic Independence Author:Jimmy Carter
“You can drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, on every continental shelf and atop every hill in America for that matter, and you still won't reverse the fact that our oil production is in permanent decline. We're just sopping up what's left, digging ourselves into a deeper hole.” StillsMatterFactsAmericaEnergyLeftProductionsDeeperOilHolesAlternativesHillsPermanentDeclineRefugeReverseShelvesWildlifeDiggingDrillsArcticContinentalOil Production Author:Roscoe Bartlett
“Libertarians are not the brightest lights in the candelabra, a fact that is evident from the alternatives they tend to offer to public prevention of private abuses. For example: if you don’t like working a hundred hours a week for twenty-five cents a day, then find another employer! It is obvious to intelligent people, if not libertarians, that more generous employers will price themselves out of a market whose standards are set by the most rapacious.” PeopleIfsFactsLightHoursFiveWeekExampleOffersStandardsHundredAbuseTwentiesIntelligentObviousLibertarianAlternativesGenerousCentsEvidentEmployersTwenty FivePrevention Author:Michael Lind
“It is clear that these are alternative methods of co-ordinating production. Yet, having regard to the fact that, if production is regulated by price movements, production could be carried on without any organization at all might we ask, why is there any organization?” IfsFactsMightAsksClearMovementOrganizationRegardMethodProductionsAlternatives Author:Ronald Coase