“After listening to the debate on unemployment I can see a danger that Liberals lose to the Tories their claim to have new and sensible ideas and are left saying "Me too" to a Socialist conventional wisdom which is failing. The salient need of this country to produce more and much more efficiently hardly figured on the agenda.” NeedsI CanIdeasCountryLeftLosesFailingDangerProduceListeningClaimsDebateAgendasSensibleConventionalSocialistUnemploymentConventional Wisdom Author:Jo Grimond
“I think that markets classically fail in cases where there are public goods that provide benefits that people cannot capture. The big debate is how big these public goods are, where they exist, things of that sort.” PeopleThinkingBigsCasesFailingBenefitsDebateGoodsCapture Author:Peter Thiel
“We urgently need a debate about the best ways of supporting families in modern America, without blinders that prevent us from seeing the full extent of dependence and interdependence in American life. As long as we pretend that only poor or abnormal families need outside assistance, we will shortchange poor families, overcompensate rich ones, and fail to come up with effective policies for helping families in the middle.” WayNeedsLongHelpingAmericaPoorRichFailingSeeingModernMiddlePolicyCome UpDebateBest WayDependenceAssistanceAbnormalInterdependenceAmerican LifeBlindersPoor FamilyModern America Book:The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap Source: The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap
“Few generals were as brilliant as Robert E. Lee and few battles as titanic -- and puzzling -- as Gettysburg. Why did Lee fail? In Lost Triumph, Tom Carhart offers a bold and provocative new assessment. Agree or disagree, it is sure to stimulate debate among even the most seasoned Civil War buffs.” WarLostFailingBattleOffersAgreeBrilliantDebateTriumphCivil WarDisagreeTomsAssessmentProvocativePuzzlingGettysburg Author:Jay Winik
“And I want every one of you, every one of us, 100 senators to look in that camera, and you tell your people back home what you think. Don't hide anymore; none of us. That is the essence of our responsibility. And if we're not willing to do it, we're not worthy to be seated right here. We fail our country. If we don't debate this, if we don't debate this, we are not worthy of our country. We fail our country.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantLooksCountryHomeResponsibilityFailingWillingEssenceCamerasWorthyDebateOur CountrySenatorsBack HomeNot Worthy Author:Chuck Hagel