“Our assaults on the ecosystem are so powerful, so numerous, so finely interconnected, that although the damage they do is clear, it is very difficult to discover how it was done. By which weapon? In whose hand? Are we driving the ecosphere to destruction simply by our growing numbers? By our greedy accumulation of wealth? Or are the machines which we have built to gain this wealth-the magnificent technology that now feeds us out of neat packages, that clothes us in man-made fibers, that surrounds us with new chemical creations-at fault?” MenMadeDoneHandsDifficultWealthPowerfulNumbersTechnologyClearGrowingCreationClothesWeaponsGainsBuiltDestructionMachinesFaultsEnvironmentalDrivingDamageSurroundChemicalsMagnificentAssaultGreedyPackagesAccumulationNeatEcosystemsFiberInterconnected Author:Barry Commoner
“We've always known you can gain circulation or viewers by cheapening the product, and now you're finding the bad driving out the good.” KnownProductsFindingsGainsDrivingViewersCirculation Author:Walter Cronkite
“Where has this book been? The Culture Engine demystifies the what and how of driving your company's culture to produce transformational business outcomes. Chris Edmonds operationalizes culture while offering practical tools necessary to align your people and gain profound competitive advantage.” PeopleBookCultureCompanyProduceGainsAdvantageToolsProfoundDrivingPracticalsOutcomesEnginesOfferingCompetitive Advantage Author:Joseph Michelli
“The perception of potential threats to survival may be much more important in determining behavior than the perceptions of potential profits, so that profit maximization is not really the driving force. It is fear of loss rather than hope of gain that limits our behavior.” MayImportantForceLossLimitsBehaviorPerceptionSurvivalGainsThreatProfitDrivingDriving ForceProfit Maximization Author:Kenneth E. Boulding
“Since 2008 you've had the largest bond market rally in history, as the Federal Reserve flooded the economy with quantitative easing to drive down interest rates. Driving down the interest rates creates a boom in the stock market, and also the real estate market. The resulting capital gains not treated as income.” RealInterestEconomyGainsRateDrivingIncomeTreatedReservesEstatesFederal ReserveInterest RateCapital GainsBond MarketReal Estate Market Author:Michael Hudson
“The biggest - one of the biggest barriers to driving economic growth is the capital gains tax rate. I propose taking it to zero.” GrowthEconomicTaxesGainsRateDrivingBarriersZeroProposeEconomic GrowthCapital GainsCapital Gains Tax Author:Herman Cain