“An imposing wall prominently divides the visions of President Obama and congressional Republicans when it comes to economic growth and creating jobs. Solyndra is on one side and the Keystone pipeline is on the other.” JobsSidesGrowthPresidentVisionEconomicWallRepublicanCreatingDividesPresident ObamaEconomic GrowthImposingPipelineKeystonesCreating JobsKeystone Pipeline Author:Fred Upton
“Extremists, who thrive on conflict; who do not tolerate diversity; who seek power through division and destruction. The global system they hope to create is one of new walls and new isolation, and radically smaller horizons. It is an anti-democratic, anti-economic-growth, and anti-progress agenda.” GrowthProgressEconomicWallConflictDiversityDestructionDemocraticIsolationThriveAgendasDivisionHorizonTolerateEconomic GrowthExtremist Author:Abdallah II
“It is precisely because a child's feelings are so strong that they cannot be repressed without serious consequences. The stronger a prisoner is, the thicker the prison walls have to be, which impede or completely prevent later emotional growth.” ChildrenFeelingsStrongGrowthEmotionalSeriousWallConsequenceStrongerPrisonPrisonerRepressedEmotional GrowthPrison Walls Book:The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self, Third Edition Source: The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self, Third Edition
“All deductions having been made, democracy has done less harm, and more good, than any other form of government. It gave to human existence a zest and camaraderie that outweighed its pitfalls and defects. It gave to thought and science and enterprise the freedom essential to their operation and growth. It broke down the walls of privilege and class, and in each generation it raised up ability from every rank and place.” HumansMadeDoneGovernmentFormGrowthAbilityExistenceClassDemocracyGenerationsWallEssentialsRaisedPrivilegeHarmBrokeOperationsEnterpriseDefectsHuman ExistenceForms Of GovernmentDemocracies HaveDeductionsCamaraderieZestPitfalls Book:The Lessons of History Source: The Lessons of History
“Watch the walls come down, whether it's in the South or on Wall Street. When the walls come down, what do we find? More markets, more talent, more capital and growth. Which means that the race and sex discrimination stunt economic growth. It's not good for capitalism. It's not good for America's growth. And it's not morally right.” MeanAmericaSexGrowthRaceWatchesEconomicStreetsTalentWallCapitalismSouthDiscriminationEconomic GrowthSex Discrimination Author:Jesse Jackson
“How could Digital's collapse be so precipitous? It's because, in many ways, financial performance data is misleading. As you move up to the top of the market, you're getting rid of the less profitable products at the low end and adding business with more attractive margins at the high end. The rate of unit volume growth might be tapering off as you pursue these smaller markets, but your margins actually look better. So Wall Street rewards your stock price until you hit the ceiling.” WayLooksEndsMightMovingGrowthStreetsProductsWallLowsPerformancesRewardsRateFinancialPursueDataAttractiveDigitalCollapseVolumeUnitsProfitableMarginsCeilingsMisleadStock PriceTapering Author:Clayton Christensen
“I don't support everything Bernie Sanders supports, but I support most of it: universal health care, reining in Wall Street, fighting climate change, reversing the growth of income inequality, and so forth. If we could accomplish all this in a couple of years, I'd be delighted. But we can't.” IfsYearsCareFightingGrowthSupportStreetsWallCoupleUniversalClimateClimate ChangeAccomplishIncomeInequalityHealth CareDelightedIncome InequalityUniversal Health Care Author:Kevin Drum
“The impact of QE on generating more lending by Wall Street to Main Street and in generating more employment and increasing overall investment in the economy is quite modest. QE probably limited the initial collapse of the economy in 2008, and likely had a very small positive impact on economic growth, but its broader impact on jobs and growth in the economy seems not very big.” BigsSeemsJobsGrowthEconomyEconomicStreetsWallImpactInvestmentEmploymentCollapseModestInitialsEconomic GrowthLendingPositive ImpactMain Street Author:Gerald Epstein
“The result of this anti-classical revolution you had just before World War I was that today, almost all the economic growth in the last decade has gone to the One Percent. It's gone to Wall Street, to real estate.” WorldWarRealTodayGrowthEconomicRevolutionWallWar Of The WorldsWorld War IEconomic Growth Author:Michael Hudson
“Vladimir Putin is a smart guy. I don't like him, smart guy. He is going to advance the cause of Russia until he hits a brick wall. He's hit a brick wall in a few areas. I think we need to make it clear that your growth of the former Soviet Union is over. You can be a great power that's respected. Fine. But this is not going to be the old Soviet Union.” ThinkingGuyGrowthWallSmartOver YouSovietSoviet UnionGreat PowerBrick Wall Author:Adam Kinzinger
“The skepticism that has grown up about elites is totally justified. Since 2008, no one has gone to jail on Wall Street for the crash and elites have not been able to fix the problem, right? We haven't managed to fix post manufacturing job growth. We haven't fixed the issues to do with immigration.” ProblemGrowthWallImmigrationSkepticismCrashJustified Author:Katty Kay