“Certainly, protecting oppressed people, stopping ethnic conflict and promoting responsible governance are worthy goals. But none is as important for American security and prosperity as keeping the peace in the Middle East, Europe and East Asia.” PeopleImportantGoalMiddleSecurityConflictEuropeResponsibleProsperityWorthyEastMiddle EastOppressedStoppingAsiaGovernancePromotingEthnic ConflictEast Asia Author:Michael Mandelbaum
“This whole theory [of John Law and Jean Terrasson], as dear to French financial schemers in the eighteenth century as to American "Greenbackers" in the nineteenth, had resulted, under the Orleans Regency and Louis XV, in ruin to France financially and morally, had culminated in the utter destruction of all prosperity, the rooting out of great numbers of the most important industries, and the grinding down of the working people even to starvation.” PeopleImportantWholeLawNumbersCenturyTheoryIndustryDestructionFinancialDearProsperityRuinsFranceStarvation Author:Andrew Dickson White
“For China to continue to enjoy economic prosperity, it needs to foster trusting international relationships, not tensions ... and it is important for China to understand this.” NeedsImportantEnjoyEconomicInternationalProsperityChinaTensionInternational RelationsEconomic Prosperity Author:Shinzo Abe
“Manufacturing is the most important...route to prosperity.” ImportantProsperityRoutesManufacturing Author:Ha-Joon Chang