“Every major industry was once a growth industry. But some that are now riding a wave of growth enthusiasm are very much in the shadow of decline. Others that are thought of as seasoned growth industries have actually stopped growing. In every case, the reason growth is threatened, slowed, or stopped is not because the market is saturated. It is because there has been a failure of management.” Has BeensReasonGrowthCasesGrowingIndustryMajorsShadowManagementMarketingWaveEnthusiasmDeclineRidingThreatenedSaturated Book:Marketing Myopia Source: Marketing Myopia
“You could argue that [the decline of public schools] is one of the major disasters in our lifetimes. We took one of the greatest successes in the history of the earth and turned it into one of the greatest disasters in the history of the earth.” SchoolEarthMajorsLifetimeArguingDisasterDeclinePublic SchoolGreatest Success Author:Charlie Munger
“I feel very strongly that we need to change the way we do trade because it has been one of the major factors that lead to decline of middle class incomes.” WayNeedsFeelsHas BeensClassMiddleMajorsTradeIncomeFactorsMiddle ClassVery StrongDeclineNeed A Change Author:Charles Schumer
“I think there is universal agreement within the economics profession that the decline - the sharp decline in the quantity of money played a very major role in producing the Great Depression.” ThinkingRolesMajorsEconomicsUniversalProfessionAgreementQuantityDeclineGreat Depression Author:Milton Friedman
“Why have we had such a decline in moral climate? I submit to you that a major factor has been a change in the philosophy which has been dominant, a change from belief in individual responsibility to belief in social responsibility. If you adopt the view that a man is not responsible for his own behavior, that somehow society is responsible, why should he seek to make his behavior good?” IfsMenShouldHas BeensPhilosophyIndividualBeliefSocialViewsResponsibilityMoralBehaviorMajorsResponsibleClimateFactorsDeclineSubmitDominantSocial ResponsibilityIndividual Responsibility Book:Bright Promises, Dismal Performance: An Economist's Protest Source: Bright Promises, Dismal Performance: An Economist's Protest
“Does art have a future? Performance genres like opera, theater, music and dance are thriving all over the world, but the visual arts have been in slow decline for nearly 40 years. No major figure of profound influence has emerged in painting or sculpture since the waning of Pop Art and the birth of Minimalism in the early 1970s.” WorldInspirationalYearsDoeHas BeensArtInfluenceFiguresPaintingBirthMajorsPerformancesTheaterDanceProfoundPopsGenreVisualsOperaDeclineSculptureMinimalismVisual ArtPop ArtMusic And Dance Author:Camille Paglia