“One thing I will not compromise over is whether or not Congress should pay the tab for a bill they've already racked up. If Congress refuses to give the United States the ability to pay its bills on time, the consequences for the entire global economy could be catastrophic.” IfsGivingShouldStatesAbilityUnitedPayUnited StatesEconomyOne ThingConsequenceBillsCongressRefuseCompromiseGlobal Economy Author:Barack Obama
“What's going on in this country? Unions stand against those trends. We've got to somehow insulate the robust American economy from this global economy that seems to want to devour our standard of living.” WantCountrySeemsEconomyStandardsUnionsTrendsRobustStandards Of LivingGlobal EconomyAmerican Economy Author:James P. Hoffa
“Women who earn a certificate or degree from a community college, especially in STEM-related field, will be ready to move into a good-paying job in the growing global economy. Community colleges also offer mentorship and support that goes far beyond the classroom.” JobsMovingCommunitySupportEconomyGrowingFieldsCollegeReadyOffersDegreesRelatedClassroomStemGlobal EconomyCertificatesCommunity College Author:Jill Biden
“Ontario's auto sector is a cornerstone of our economy - a key source of our ability to export, innovate and create jobs. In this highly competitive global economy, we need to drive further investment and ensure the sector remains strong. I am confident that this new partnership, with Ray Tanguay's strategic advice and leadership, will allow Ontario to increase our competitiveness, productivity, and market share in the auto sector, and I look forward to their important work contributing to a more prosperous, innovative Ontario economy.” NeedsLooksImportantJobsStrongAbilityEconomyShareAdviceSourceKeysIncreaseRemainsInvestmentProductivityRaysPartnershipInnovativeProsperousStrategicContributingGlobal EconomyCornerstonesCompetitivenessImportant WorkOntario Author:Brad Duguid
“Our government is committed to helping our young people develop the skills and training they need to succeed. Through our Summer Company program, students can launch a business, become employers, and gain an advantage in the highly competitive global economy - all while still in school.” PeopleNeedsStillsHelpingGovernmentSchoolYoungCompanyEconomyStudentsSucceedSkillsSummerTrainingGainsAdvantageProgramCommittedEmployersGlobal Economy Author:Brad Duguid
“Globalization is a bottom-up phenomenon with all actions initiated by milions of individuals, the sum total of which is globalization. No one is in charge, and no one can anticipate what the sum of all the individual initiatives will be before the result manifest. A global economy can only be the result of spontaneous order.” ActionOrderIndividualResultsEconomyBottomPhenomenonManifestInitiativeSpontaneousGlobalizationAnticipateGlobal Economy Author:John Naisbitt
“When you talk about the security and safety of average Americans it doesn't do average Americans a lot of good to expand America's military footprint if the daily lives of average Americans are being undermined by the fact that we're no longer able to compete in a global economy. I think that's the kind of human security we have to pay more attention to.” IfsThinkingHumansKindFactsAbleAmericaPayAttentionEconomySecurityMilitarySafetyAverageDaily LifeFootprintGlobal Economy Author:Peter Beinart
“My solutions are to include Africa in the global economy, and not African charity, AIDS research, but African infrastructure development. And I think that Africa can import and needs everything the whole world can manufacture. And they have got enough money to pay for it. It's just that the money is in the ground.” ThinkingWorldNeedsEnoughWholePayEconomyDevelopmentSolutionsResearchCharityAidsWhole WorldInfrastructureImportsGlobal Economy Author:Andrew Young
“Russia exists in the context of open global economy and is a part of it” EconomyRussiaGlobal Economy Author:Kenneth Rogoff
“In the past, destruction of your neighbour might have been considered a victory, but today we are all interdependent. We live in a global economy; we face problems like climate change that affect us all. The 7 billion human beings alive today belong to one human family. In the context that others' interests are in our interest and our interest is in their interest, the use of force is self-destructive.” HumansHas BeensSelfUseProblemMightTodayPastFacesForceInterestHuman BeingsEconomyAliveVictoryDestructionClimateClimate ChangeBillionsDestructiveBelongingGlobalizationMight Have BeenNeighbourWise Man Once SaidLive For TodaySelf DestructionInterdependenceGlobal EconomySelf DestructiveHuman FamilyUse Of Force Author:Dalai Lama
“The problems of the global economy are not based in perception, but in the reality of prices, balance sheets and income statements, vast concentrations of wealth and power, precarious systemic imbalances, ruthless exploitation, and command economies mismanaged by Central State/Bank policy and manipulation.” StatesProblemRealityWealthEconomyPolicyBalancePerceptionIncomeStatementsCommandConcentrationManipulationExploitationSheetsRuthlessGlobal EconomyImbalancePrecariousBalance SheetsConcentration Of WealthCommand Economy Author:Charles Hugh Smith
“There is no way to turn off this global economy, nor should one try. Every previous expansion of global capitalism has led to greater prosperity across the world.” WorldWayShouldTryingTurnsEconomyGreaterCapitalismProsperityExpansionTurn OffGlobal Economy Author:Fareed Zakaria
“When Obama's economic advisers - a greater group of schlemiels would be hard to find - warn that failure to raise the limit will trigger default and horrific consequences for the global economy, Republicans should reply that if this is so, tell it to your president and get him to approve the spending cuts along with the debt-limit increase.” IfsShouldHardWould BePresidentEconomyGreaterCuttingGroupsEconomicRepublicanLimitsConsequenceIncreaseRaisesDebtSpendingTriggersDefaultGlobal EconomyHorrificAdviserSpending Cuts Author:Dick Morris
“I wonder how long this word will last, governed exclusively by the merciless, inhuman and immoral criteria of global economy. Seeing the shadow of distant islands, I imagined one still inhabited by a tribe of poets set aside for when, after the middle age of materialism, humanity will have to start to put other values into his existence.” LongStillsAgeLastsValuesHumanityExistenceWonderEconomySeeingMiddlePoetShadowIslandsMaterialismTribesImmoralMiddle AgesCriteriaInhumanGlobal Economy Author:Tiziano Terzani
“China is certainly an important player in the global economy, and a widespread AIDS epidemic would threaten that growth.” ImportantGrowthEconomyPlayerChinaAidsEpidemicsGlobal EconomyAids Epidemic Author:Bill Gates
“Filipino businessmen must have the ability to compete freely in the global economy.” AbilityEconomyBusinessmanGlobal EconomyFilipino Author:Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
“We know that the nation that goes all-in on innovation today will own the global economy tomorrow. This is an edge America cannot surrender.” KnowsTodayAmericaNationsEconomyTomorrowInnovationEdgesSurrenderGlobal Economy Author:Barack Obama
“Studies have identified a significant 'skills gap' between what students are currently being taught and the skills employers are seeking in today's global economy. Our children must be better prepared than they are now to meet the future challenges of our ever-changing world.” WorldChildrenTodayChallengesEconomyStudyStudentsTaughtSkillsOur ChildrenPreparedSeekingSignificantGapsEmployersGlobal Economy Author:Stephen Covey
“Higher education isn't just a personal investment. It's a public good that pays off in a more competitive workforce and better-informed and engaged citizens. Every year, we spend nearly $100 billion on corporate welfare, and more than $500 billion on defense spending. Surely ensuring the next generation can compete in the global economy is at least as important as subsidies for big business and military adventures around the globe. In fact, I think we can and must go further - not just making public higher education tuition-free, but reinventing education in America as we know it.” ThinkingKnowsYearsImportantFactsBigsAmericaNextPayEducationEconomyGenerationsMilitaryCollegeAdventureHigherCitizensInvestmentSpendingDefenseBillionsCorporateWelfareEngagedGlobesNext GenerationBig BusinessHigher EducationGlobal EconomyWorkforceSubsidiesPublic GoodTuitionReinventingEducation In AmericaCollege TuitionDefense Spending Author:Robert Reich
“In Germany, college tuition is free. In America, college tuition is increasingly unaffordable. In a highly competitive global economy, which country do you think will have the best educated work force and a competitive advantage? We must make tuition free in public colleges and universities and substantially reduce interest rates on student loans.” ThinkingCountryAmericaForceInterestEducationEconomyStudentsCollegeAdvantageRateUniversityEducatedGermanyLoanGlobal EconomyInterest RateCompetitive AdvantageTuitionStudent LoanColleges And UniversitiesCollege Tuition Author:Bernie Sanders
“We need a movement that says in a highly competitive global economy all of our kids who have the ability, the qualifications and the desire, will be able to get a college education regardless of income because we will make public colleges and universities tuition free.” NeedsKidsAbleDesireAbilityEconomyMovementCollegeUniversityIncomeQualificationsGlobal EconomyCollege EducationTuitionColleges And Universities Author:Bernie Sanders
“No magic bullet, not even the Internet, can save us from population explosion, deforestation, climate disruption, poison by pollution, and wholesale extinction of plant and animal species. We are going to have to want different things, seek different pleasures, pursue different goals than those that have been driving us and our global economy.” WantHas BeensDifferentGoalPleasureAnimalEconomyMagicInternetPlantClimateSpeciesPopulationDrivingPursuePoisonDifferent ThingsPollutionBulletsExtinctionExplosionsDisruptionGlobal EconomyPlants And AnimalsWholesaleDeforestationPopulation Explosion Author:Joanna Macy
“I don't want the United States to be in a global economy where our economic future is bound to that of Zimbabwe. We can't necessarily trust the decisions that are being made financially in other countries.” WantMadeCountryStatesDecisionUnitedUnited StatesEconomyEconomicBoundsOther CountriesGlobal EconomyZimbabwe Author:Michele Bachmann
“In China, it was always said that a double-digit rate of growth would be dangerous. Now, the country has a growth rate of 6.9 percent and suddenly that is supposed to be a catastrophe for the global economy.” SaidCountryWould BeGrowthEconomyDangerousPercentRateChinaSupposed To BeCatastropheGlobal Economy Author:Wolfgang Schauble
“I understand that everyone around the world has the global economy crisis and the budgets on education are being cut and the first thing to go are the musical or arts programs and I definitely have to disagree with that.” WorldFirstsArtEconomyCuttingProgramCrisisMusicalAround The WorldBudgetsDisagreeGlobal Economy Author:Sean Mackin
“Sanaz Minaei [business woman] shows a visitor a cooking class at one of her several companies and says the opportunities for Iran are huge if only the country can rejoin the global economy as promised.” IfsCountryShowsOpportunityCompanyClassEconomyHugeCookingIranVisitorsGlobal EconomyBusiness WomanCooking Classes Author:Lourdes Garcia-Navarro
“As from the 1970's onward, digital code started to drive the global economy, now life code is beginning to be the fundamental driver of the global economy over the next 10, 20, 30 years.” YearsNextEconomyFundamentalsCodeDigitalDriversGlobal Economy Author:Juan Enriquez
“When large companies take on risk, then they impose risks on the rest of the system. And these are systemic risks and these systemic risks we never used to think were really that important, but as soon as we recognize how the financial sector - the risks the financial sector takes on can impact the entire global economy, we realize that those risks needed to be controlled for the social good.” ThinkingImportantUsedSocialRealizingCompanyEconomyRiskNeededImpactFinancialControlledGlobal EconomySocial GoodLarge Companies Author:Robert F. Engle
“Destroying the nation state are mainly three things: the global economy, global communication technology and global culture. And this is where we are lost in the process. What could be something that can provide us a transversal political sense of belonging? At the end of the day, without an alternative we end up with populism in the name of very narrow identities.” EndsStatesPoliticalCultureThreeNamesLostNationsProcessTechnologyEconomyIdentityCommunicationAlternativesThe End Of The DayBelongingDestroyingThree ThingsGlobal EconomyPopulismCommunication Technology Author:Tariq Ramadan
“I believe that we will see a lot of destruction, but I believe that if we can see the right patterns and draw the right lessons from that destruction, we might be able to rebuild before it's too late. And then I have that ultimate optimism that even if we can't, life will rebuild itself. In a way, the global economy might collapse, but Gaia won't, and people's ingenuity won't. We will rebuild society, we will rebuild local economies, we will rebuild human aspirations.” PeopleIfsWayBelieveHumansMightAbleI BelieveEconomyLessonsLateDrawsDestructionOptimismUltimatePatternsLocalsAspirationToo LateCollapseIngenuityGlobal EconomyGaiaBefore It's Too Late Author:Vandana Shiva
“Terrorism grows when there are no other options, and when the center of the global economy is the god of money and not the person - men and women - this is already the first terrorism!” MenFirstsPersonsGrowsEconomyMen And WomenTerrorismGlobal Economy Author:Pope Francis
“There are many issues in the global economy in general and in the western economy as well: population ageing, drop in labour productivity growth rates. This is obvious. The overall demographic situation is very complicated.” WellsGrowthSituationEconomyIssuesWesternRatePopulationObviousComplicatedProductivityLabourAgeingDemographicsGlobal Economy Author:Vladimir Putin
“In a global economy where our economies and supply chains are deeply integrated, it's not even possible.” EconomyChainsIntegratedGlobal EconomySupply Chain Author:Barack Obama
“We continue to urge China and other claimants to work constructively to resolve these disagreements, so that the South China Sea - which is so vital to the global economy - can be defined by commerce and cooperation.” EconomySeaSouthChinaDefinedUrgesResolveCooperationCommerceDisagreementGlobal Economy Author:Barack Obama
“As difficult as it is to eliminate the risk of nuclear warfare, it requires fewer changes to the global economy than does averting or reversing climate change.” DoeDifficultEconomyRiskClimateClimate ChangeNuclearFewerWarfareNuclear WarGlobal Economy Author:Graciela Chichilnisky
“The change in economic values created by the new markets for global public goods will reorient our global economy and under the right conditions can usher the satisfaction of basic needs of the present and of the future. This is what is needed right now.” NeedsValuesEconomyEconomicConditionsNeededRight NowSatisfactionGoodsGlobal EconomyBasic NeedsEconomic Value Author:Graciela Chichilnisky
“Nobody wants a nanny state, where the government is stamping out initiative and telling us what to do, but the idea that the only alternative to that is to throw the American people overboard into a global economy with no protections to cushion us from some of these blows is absurd on its face. That's why I think there's been a concerted effort to distort my message. When you hear me speak beyond the sound bites taken out of context, I think I make a lot of sense to people, even those in Red States like the one where I grew up.” PeopleThinkingWantIdeasStatesGovernmentFacesSpeakSoundEffortEconomyTakenGrewMessagesGrew UpRedBlowProtectionAbsurdAlternativesBitesInitiativeGlobal EconomyCushionsNanniesOverboardOf ContextSound Bites Author:Van Jones
“I want a trade that is not trickle-down trade, but trade that recognizes we're in a global economy.” WantEconomyTradeGlobal EconomyTrickle Down Author:Nancy Pelosi
“A dramatic unwinding of that relationship [between USA and China], by way of an aggressive trade policy, is one of the nightmare scenarios for the global economy as a whole, because it would result in a spiraling depreciation of the dollar, a surge in American interests rates, a collapse in the market for American government debt.” WayWholeGovernmentInterestResultsEconomyPolicyTradeDollarsRateChinaDebtDramaticUsaNightmareAggressiveCollapseScenariosGlobal EconomyInterest RateAmerican GovernmentDepreciationGovernment Debt Author:Judy Woodruff
“Donald Trump's promised the moon. Now he has power. He's going to fail to deliver. He's not going to be able to bring a bunch of coal jobs back and a bunch of factory jobs back in this global economy. Period. Because you can't. It's not going to happen.” HappensAbleJobsEconomyFailingTrumpPeriodsMoonBunchFactoriesCoalGlobal Economy Author:Van Jones
“People are, you know, a little - they're still uncertain, and they're uncertain both because they don't know what might come next in terms of regulations, but they're also uncertain because of changes in a global economy that we're only beginning to take hold of.” PeopleKnowsLittlesStillsMightNextTermEconomyRegulationUncertainGlobal Economy Author:Hillary Clinton
“If you're a realist, you know that people have different roles to play in politics, economics, and this is an important role, but I do think that there has to be an understanding of how what happens here on Wall Street has such broad consequences not just for the domestic but the global economy, so more thought has to be given to the process and transactions and regulations so that we don't kill or maim what works, but we concentrate on the most effective way of moving forward with the brainpower and the financial power that exists here.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWayImportantDifferentPlayHappensMovingGivenProcessUnderstandingRolesEconomyStreetsWallConsequenceEconomicsFinancialMoving ForwardBroadsRegulationRealistTransactionsGlobal Economy Author:Hillary Clinton
“If the global economy is unresponsive to people who feel left behind, if inequality continues to grow, then we could end up seeing more and more of these divisions arise throughout advanced economies around the world.” PeopleIfsWorldFeelsEndsLeftGrowsBehindsEconomySeeingAriseInequalityAround The WorldDivisionLeft BehindGlobal EconomyUnresponsive Author:Barack Obama
“[Young people] are much less likely to express attitudes that defied us between us and them. They see themselves as part of a global economy that they can navigate successfully.” PeopleYoungAttitudeEconomyNavigateGlobal Economy Author:Barack Obama
“It's time to end the hypocrisy of those who accumulate wealth through the global economy, and then siphon funds to those who teach children to tear it down.” ChildrenEndsWealthTeachEconomyTearsHypocrisyFundGlobal Economy Author:Barack Obama
“I think the Greek people, although it is difficult and challenging and the politics of it I know are not good, should appreciate the fact that in this global economy, the Greek economy was going to have to go through some structural reforms.” PeopleThinkingKnowsShouldFactsDifficultChallengesEconomyAppreciateReformGreekGlobal Economy Author:Barack Obama
“It continues to be my strong belief that the way we are going to make sure that everybody feels a part of this global economy is not by shutting ourselves off from each other, even if we could, but rather by working together more effectively than we have in the past.” IfsWayFeelsTogetherPastBeliefStrongEconomyWorking TogetherGlobal Economy Author:Barack Obama
“When I was in government, the South African economy was growing at 4.5% - 5%. But then came the global financial crisis of 2008/2009, and so the global economy shrunk. That hit South Africa very hard, because then the export markets shrunk, and that includes China, which has become one of the main trade partners with South Africa. Also, the slowdown in the Chinese economy affected South Africa. The result was that during that whole period, South Africa lost something like a million jobs because of external factors.” HardWholeGovernmentJobsLostResultsMillionsEconomyGrowingPeriodsCrisisTradeSouthFinancialChinaPartnersFactorsChineseAffectedSouth AfricaGlobal EconomyFinancial Crisis Author:Thabo Mbeki
“I`ve said this when I pass the trade promotion authority law, which allows us to get trade agreements. If we write the rules of the global economy, we will succeed in the 21st century. But we have to write those rules, we have to engage, and I think the president [Donald Trump] said Trans-Pacific Partnership is not the way to do it.” IfsThinkingWayWritingSaidLawPresidentEconomyCenturyTrumpSucceedAuthorityTradeAgreementPartnership21st CenturyPromotionTransPacificGlobal EconomyTrade Agreements Author:Paul Ryan
“[Donald] Trump is instructive.For Trump, it was that the global economy and the international world order were failing regular people.” PeopleWorldOrderEconomyFailingTrumpInternationalWorld OrderGlobal Economy Author:Mark Shields