“People who promote the free market and growth are far more romantic, and far more ideologically driven and blinded by their vision than somebody who goes in and comments about the beauty of a forest or the stars in the sky.” PeopleStarsGrowthVisionSkyDrivenForestsCommentFree MarketBlindedStars In The Sky Author:Arundhati Roy
“Our immigration policy should be driven by what is in the best interest of this great country and the American people. Comprehensive immigration reform will strengthen U.S. security and boost economic growth.” PeopleShouldCountryGrowthInterestEconomicSecurityPolicyDrivenImmigrationReformEconomic GrowthComprehensiveBoostImmigration ReformGreat CountryImmigration Policy Author:Charles Rangel
“Competing against each other leaves little space for reciprocity and the growth of social capital. Running against another in a race may benefit our speed, but jointly organising the sports day produces cooperation and trust. There are many situations where cooperation and reciprocity are more effective than competition. Civic virtues come from building on what we have in common rather than by using our differences to create in-groups, outgroups and fear driven competition” MayLittlesRunningSocialSportsGrowthDifferencesSpaceCommonRaceSituationVirtueGroupsProduceBuildingBenefitsCompetitionSpeedDrivenCooperationCompetingCivicsReciprocitySocial CapitalCivic Virtue Author:Eva Cox
“That's where we all kind of were in the mid-1960s. Students for a Democratic Society grew from a small group of socialists at the university of Michigan into a national organization, and in many ways, its growth was driven by the Vietnam War.” WayKindWarGrowthGroupsStudentsGrewOrganizationDemocraticUniversityDrivenAll KindsVietnam1960sVietnam WarMichiganDemocratic SocietySmall GroupsUniversity Of Michigan Author:Bill Ayers
“If we want growth today to be more innovation-driven, more inclusive and more sustainable, then we need a more active state, not a less active one. Yet we still hear the dogma that we should just fix market failure by focusing on science and infrastructure, and to "level the playing field."” IfsWantNeedsShouldStillsStatesTodayGrowthLevelsFieldsInnovationActiveDrivenDogmaInfrastructurePlaying FieldsMarket Failure Author:Mariana Mazzucato
“Every single human being is creative and maximizing that creativity is critical to happiness and economic growth. Economic growth is driven by creativity, so if we want to increase it, we have to tap into the creativity of everyone. That's what makes me optimistic. For the first time in human history, the basic logic of our economy dictates that further economic development requires the further development and use of human creative capabilities. The great challenge of our time is to find ways to tap into every human's creativity.” GrowthChallengesCreativityEconomyCreativeEconomicFirst TimeLogicDrivenOptimisticCapabilityEconomic GrowthEconomic Development Author:Richard Florida
“If you ask an economist what’s driven economic growth, it’s been major advances in things that mattered - the mechanization of farming, mass manufacturing, things like that. The problem is, our society is not organized around doing that.” IfsProblemAsksGrowthEconomicMajorsMassDrivenOrganizedOur SocietyEconomistFarmingEconomic GrowthManufacturingMechanization Author:Larry Page