“The export of oil, the export of minerals, will for many decades continue to be a critical part for the growth of African economies. The emphasis is on diversification. We have for many years - not just in South Africa but in many parts of the continent - spoken about beneficiation. And I think part of the secret, in relation to beneficiation, is you have got to make it attractive, profitable for the private sector - and it will take off. You may have to look at mechanisms like tax concessions... You will not have to worry about beneficiation if it makes commercial sense.” IfsThinkingYearsLooksMayGrowthSecretWorryEconomyTaxesRelationSouthCriticalOilDecadesAttractiveMechanismContinentsSouth AfricaLook At MeEmphasisProfitablePrivate SectorMineralsConcessionsDiversification Author:Patrice Motsepe
“Our consumer-oriented economy wouldn't survive without economic growth. The whole mechanism depends on invention and insinuation of novelties, arousing new wants, seduction and temptation. This is the problem we face - much more than recapitalizing the banks. The question is: Is that kind of economy sustainable?” WantKindWholeProblemFacesGrowthEconomyEconomicDependsInventionTemptationConsumersMechanismSeductionNoveltyEconomic Growth Author:Zygmunt Bauman
“The family today counts for less and less. Why? Who knows - the growth of science, the Cold War, the atomic bomb, the world war we've made, the new philosophies we've created; certainly something is happening to man, so why go against it, why oblige this new man to live by the mechanisms and regulations of the past?” KnowsMenWorldMadeWarPhilosophyTodayPastGrowthColdHappeningsWar Of The WorldsBombsLive ByMechanismRegulationCold WarAtomic BombFamilies Today Author:Michelangelo Antonioni
“Faith itself is a horrible mechanism that stunts the growth of ideas. It also stunts the act of questioning, and it does this by pushing the idea that you have to have faith - and that nothing has to be proven.” DoeIdeasGrowthHorriblePushingHave FaithMechanismQuestioningProven Author:Joe Rogan