“In the emerging global economy, everything is mobile: capital, factories, even entire industries. The only resource that's really rooted in a nation--and the ultimate source of all its wealth--is its people.” PeopleNationsWealthEconomySourceIndustryResourcesUltimateFactoriesRootedMobileEmergingGlobal Economy Author:William J. Clinton
“Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production; and the interest of the producer ought to be attended to only so far as it may be necessary for promoting that of the consumer. The maxim is so perfectly self-evident that it would be absurd to attempt to prove it. But in the mercantile system the interest of the consumer is almost constantly sacrificed to that of the producer; and it seems to consider production, and not consumption, as the ultimate end and object of all industry and commerce.” MayEndsSelfSeemsWould BePurposeInterestObjectsIndustryOughtProveUltimateProductionsAbsurdProducersConsumersSoleCommerceConsumptionEvidentMaximsPromotingProve It Book:An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations Source: An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations
“Traveling is a great love of mine. I love South America and Africa. I'm your ultimate backpacker when I'm away. It's just me and my backpack. It's good for getting away from the industry.” AmericaMinesIndustryUltimateSouthGet AwayGreat LoveSouth America Author:Matthew McConaughey
“Legalized drugs would cause dislocations in the US economy - the prison industry for example and tens of billions spent annually on drug enforcement. But because the US economy is so large, this would be a minor blow, hardly as severe as the ultimate nightmare for the US economy, global peace, which would shutter its death industry commonly called the military/industrial complex.” Would BeCausesEconomyMilitaryExampleIndustryDrugUltimatePrisonComplexesBlowBillionsNightmareMinorsSevereEnforcementShuttersMilitary Industrial ComplexDislocationGlobal Peace Author:Charles Bowden
“Skateboarding and that whole industry just became so far away. I was trying to find that ultimate place, that place of contentment but I couldn't. I didn't find it in pushing the dark things of life to the limit either.” TryingWholeDarkIndustryLimitsUltimateContentmentPushingFar AwaySkateboardingDark Things Author:Christian Hosoi
“For many of us it is obvious that children are our ultimate investment, but unfortunately children are also the ultimate investment of the gun, tobacco and the liquor industries.” ChildrenIndustryGunUltimateInvestmentObviousTobaccoLiquor Author:Laura Huxley