“In case anyone needs reminding, it was the relentless drive of the tourism industry and kowtowing State Department bureaucrats that led to the Bush-era Visa Express Program, which relaxed visa policies, eliminated in-person consulate interviews and opened the door to the 9/11 hijackers.” NeedsPersonsStatesCasesDoorsPolicyIndustryProgramErasInterviewsDepartmentRelaxedRelentlessTourismRemindingBureaucratsVisaTourism Industry Author:Michelle Malkin
“I guess the big thing is that I don't buy anything first-hand. It's a personal policy I have for all sorts of reasons. If you research to the textile industry yourself, you'll know why. I came to it personally.” IfsKnowsFirstsReasonHandsBigsPolicyIndustryResearchBig ThingsTextiles Author:Ezra Miller
“Our policy is not to discourage the private sector, but to see that Air India plays the role of flagship in the industry. In the transport sector, Air India is the 'fate of India' and all efforts will be made to restore its past glory.” MadePlayPastEffortRolesFateAirPolicyIndustryGloryIndiaDiscouragingTransportPrivate Sector Author:Vayalar Ravi
“Both rich and poor nations have a common stake in policies that put the globe on a sustainable development path. The conflict is less between poor and rich countries than between the broad interests of people and the narrow interests of extractive industries. We need to find our way towards some kind of global regime that reduces emissions of the greenhouse gases, but well-off nations need to transfer the technology to make this possible, rather than viewing this shift as one more opportunity for private industry to profit.” PeopleWayNeedsWellsKindCountryOpportunityNationsInterestPoorCommonTechnologyPathRichPolicyDevelopmentIndustryConflictProfitGlobal WarmingBroadsStakesRegimesGlobesTransfersRich And PoorEmissionsSustainable DevelopmentGreenhousesGreenhouse GasesRich CountriesPoor Nations Author:Robert Kuttner
“We thank those Senators, both Republican and Democrat, who stood firm against tremendous pressure from the Bush administration, pro-drilling members of Congress and their allies in the oil industry. They recognize that the budget is an inappropriate place to decide controversial national policy matters like America's energy policy. We urge all members of Congress to remain steadfast in their belief that the vast, unspoiled wilderness of America?s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is more than a line item in the Federal Budget.” MatterAmericaBeliefEnergyLinesPolicyIndustryRepublicanMembersPressureDemocratCongressOilAdministrationBudgetsFirmUrgesWildernessAlliesRefugeSenatorsItemsWildlifeControversialInappropriateSteadfastArcticDrillingEnergy PolicyOil Industry Author:Carl Pope
“You know, when I was in college, there was a big debate: Do unions raise wages? Well, with regard to industrial unions, there were arguments back and forth -- international competition. It is now clear, I think, that whether or not you think unions raised wages 50 years ago, the absence of unions and their weakness that is inflicted by anti-union public policy depresses wages. The fact is that people who are not represented, in the service industries in particular, are the victims of policies which depress their wages.” PeopleThinkingKnowsYearsWellsFactsBigsClearPolicyCollegeParticularIndustryWeaknessYears AgoArgumentRegardRaisesVictimCompetitionUnionsRaisedInternationalAbsenceDebateDepressingWagesBack And ForthPublic PolicyService Industry Author:Barney Frank
“Shortly after taking office in 1993, President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore called for a shift in American technology policy toward an expansion of public investments in partnerships with private industry.” PresidentTechnologyPolicyIndustryOfficeBillsClintonInvestmentVicesAlsPartnershipExpansionGoreVice PresidentPresident Bill Clinton Author:Lewis M. Branscomb
“A smart policy should be one that tends to receive the capitals, pays the price for that capital - which is the interest - returns the capital and in the end the factories, the industries, are left to remain in the country.” ShouldEndsCountryLeftInterestPayPolicyIndustryReturnSmartFactoriesPay The Price Author:Fidel Castro
“When WHO works with the private sector, the Organization takes all possible measures to ensure its work to develop policy and guidelines is protected from industry influence.” InfluencePolicyIndustryOrganizationProtectedPrivate SectorGuidelines Author:Margaret Chan
“This is an especially good time for you vacationers who plan to fly, because the Reagan administration, as part of the same policy under which it recently sold Yellowstone National Park to Wayne Newton, has "deregulated" the airline industry. What this means for you, the consumer, is that the airlines are no longer required to follow any rules whatsoever. They can show snuff movies. They can charge for oxygen. They can hire pilots right out of Vending Machine Refill Person School.” MeanPersonsShowsSchoolFunnyPlansPolicyIndustryMachinesAdministrationConsumersParksGood TimesAviationPilotsOxygenNewtonAirlineWayneNational ParksSnuffYellowstoneVending MachinesRefillsAirline Industry Author:Dave Barry
“Any corporate policy and plan which is typical of the industry is doomed to mediocrity. Where this is not so, it should be possible to demonstrate that all other competitors are at a distinct disadvantage.” ShouldPlansPolicyIndustryCorporateMediocrityDoomedTypicalCompetitorsDisadvantages Author:Bruce Henderson
“Economist and Africa expert Collier analyzes why a group of 50 nations, home to the poorest one billion people, are failing. Considering issues such as civil war, dependence on extractive industries, and bad governance, he argues that the strongest industrialized countries must enact a plan to help with international policies and standards.” PeopleWarCountryHelpingHomeNationsIssuesPlansFailingGroupsPolicyIndustryStandardsInternationalArguingBillionsExpertsCivil WarStrongestConsideringDependenceEconomistGovernancePoorest Author:Amy Lockwood
“As a new president takes office and elevates global warming alarmism to official federal policy, much of America is experiencing record low temperatures. While the deep freeze amounts to little more than irony, Americans should nevertheless take what could well be a last opportunity to reconsider the cliff off which Barack Obama, Al Gore and the rest of the global warming industry want us to jump.” WantShouldWellsLittlesLastsAmericaOpportunityPresidentRecordsPolicyIndustryAmountOfficeLowsBarackIronyOfficialsGlobal WarmingAlsNeverthelessWant UCliffsTemperatureGoreFreeze Author:Steven Milloy
“A good rule of thumb is as follows: If the numbers come from somebody wearing a tie (Wall Street economist or analyst, industry public relations department, captive think tank academic and so on), you ought to be very skeptical. By design messages from these people are intended to move markets, move merchandise and/or move public policy and are not a comment on the state of the physical universe.” PeopleIfsThinkingStatesMovingUniverseNumbersStreetsPolicyDesignWallIndustryOughtMessagesRelationTiesDepartmentCommentAcademicEconomistSkepticalTanksThumbsCaptivesPublic RelationsPublic PolicyAnalystsMerchandise Author:Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“Silicon Valley benefits, as all of industry, from highly protectionist policy - patent policies and things like that - which come out of the government.” GovernmentPolicyIndustryBenefitsValleysPatentsSiliconSilicon Valley Author:Noam Chomsky
“There are 80,000 jobs in the wind energy industry right now. And you can quadruple that number, if you have the right policy in place to promote clean energy.” IfsJobsEnergyNumbersPolicyWindIndustryRight NowCleanClean EnergyWind EnergyEnergy Industry Author:Van Jones
“The vast majority of Americans are employed in service sector industries, and many of those sectors are highly internationalized. The most high-value added sectors, notably the tech sector, is massively globalized. And, for them, it would be a disaster if America's trade policy was to go down a spiraling route towards protectionism.” IfsWould BeAmericaValuesPolicyIndustryTradeMajorityDisasterRoutesEmployedProtectionism Author:Judy Woodruff
“Making big investments to get off oil, making clean energy alternatives widely available and cheap, and creating millions of new jobs in clean energy industries is a winner with American voters and can carry the whole suite of policies that we need to address global warming.” NeedsWholeBigsJobsEnergyMillionsPolicyIndustryCreatingCleanInvestmentAvailableOilAlternativesWinnerGlobal WarmingAddressesVotersNew JobClean EnergyAmerican VotersEnergy Industry Author:Ted Nordhaus
“If we look at Germany's infrastructure policy, it has been driven by its mission-oriented focus on green infrastructure. This affects both innovation and infrastructure, old industries and new. The German steel industry, for example, has adapted to the policy by lowering its material content through a 'repurpose, reuse and recycle' strategy.” IfsLooksHas BeensFocusPolicyExampleMaterialsIndustryInnovationGreenStrategyMissionsDrivenGermanySteelInfrastructureAdaptedReuseSteel Industry Author:Mariana Mazzucato
“If you look for instance at the automobile industry, part of the reason that you have the expansion of that sector, is precisely because we have gone out to talk to the automobile companies to explain government policy with regard to that sector, to talk to them about the MIDP and things like that. And indeed, it has been a very important part of attracting those investors to put in money in the South African economy and build motorcars in South Africa.” IfsLooksHas BeensImportantReasonGovernmentCompanyEconomyGonePolicyIndustryRegardSouthInstanceInvestorsSouth AfricaExpansionAutomobileGovernment PolicyAutomobile Industry Author:Thabo Mbeki