“During the 1960s, and again in the 1970s, growth in manufacturing productivity in the United Kingdom was the lowest of all the seven major industrial countries in the world. During the 1980s, our annual rate of growth of output per head in manufacturing has been the highest of all the seven major industrial countries.” WorldHas BeensCountryGrowthUnitedMajorsHighestSevenRateProductivityKingdomsLowest1960sManufacturingAnnualsOutputUnited Kingdom Author:Nigel Lawson
“America has the highest standard of living of any major country in the entire world. To maintain and enhance that standard of living, America should continue to embrace those qualities which have made America great: openness and dynamism. Openness to new technologies, new ideas and new people is America's greatest source of strength.” PeopleWorldShouldMadeIdeasCountryAmericaQualityTechnologySourceMajorsHighestStandardsEmbraceOpennessNew IdeasNew TechnologyStandards Of LivingDynamismSource Of Strength Author:Alex Tabarrok
“...if use is not an appropriate criterion for decision making in the academic life, what is? Love. ...The virtues of love as a criterion for choosing a college major...it is not pretentious. "Use" is pretentious because it claims to know something about the future that it doesn't really know. Love is immediate... [love] guarantees that you will work to your highest potential...it is part of who you are, and not just something you think, often wrongly, that you can use.” IfsThinkingKnowsUseDecisionLove IsVirtueTeachingCollegeMajorsHighestClaimsWho You AreGuaranteesAppropriateDecision MakingAcademicCriteriaPretentiousGuarantees ThatWhat Is LoveAcademic Life Author:Leroy S Rouner
“The major changes that will be occurring within the new merged partnership are exciting in many ways. First, we will have the highest forecast distribution growth rate of any of the major MLPs. Second, our coverage will be above average for the same peer group with expected $1.1 billion of excess cash flow coverage through 2017 and the Access cash flows, along with our major new fee based projects continue to dramatically reduce exposure to commodity prices.” WayFirstsGrowthGroupsProjectsMajorsHighestFlowExcitingRateAverageExpectedAccessBillionsExcessCashPartnershipPeersCommodityDistributionExposureCoverageFeesForecastsCash FlowAbove AverageMajor ChangePeer GroupCommodity Prices Author:Alan Armstrong
“We are living in the richest country in the history of the world, yet we have the highest rate of childhood poverty of almost any major country and millions of people are struggling to put food on the table. It is my absolute conviction that everyone in this country deserves a minimum standard of living and we've got to go forward in the fight to make that happen.” PeopleWorldCountryHappensFightingPovertyMillionsStruggleChildhoodMajorsHighestStandardsDeserveAbsolutesTablesRateConvictionMinimumWorld HistoryStandards Of Living Author:Bernie Sanders
“You know, students who major in elementary education - they're going to be grade school teachers - they have the highest rates of math anxiety of any college major. And they bring that into the classroom. So you find students being introduced to math concepts by teachers who may have not only a lack of training but also a lack of enthusiasm about math.” KnowsMaySchoolTeacherStudentsCollegeAnxietyMajorsHighestTrainingConceptsRateMathEnthusiasmGradesClassroomSchool TeachersGrades In School Author:Anya Kamenetz
“Cacao has the highest antioxidant concentration of any major food in the world. Cacao is thirty times higher in antioxidants than red wine, twenty times more potent in antioxidants than blueberries, three times higher than acai, and twice as much as chaga mushrooms. These antioxidants protect our cells from free radical damage and therefore contribute to our longevity and state of well-being.” WorldWellsStatesThreeHigherProtectMajorsHighestRedTwentiesWineRadicalCellsWell BeingThirtyDamageConcentrationLongevityThree TimesMushroomsRed WineBlueberriesAntioxidantsCacao Author:David Wolfe
“Every American has got to recognize, we are the only major country on Earth not to guarantee health care to all people. We pay by far the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs because the pharmacy, the pharmaceutical industry is out of control ripping us off.” PeopleWorldCountryCareEarthPayIndustryDrugMajorsHighestHealth CareGuaranteesPrescriptionsPharmaceuticalPrescription DrugsPharmacyPharmaceutical Industry Author:John Lewis
“Britain is a textbook case of how growing inequality leads to economic crisis. The years before the crash were marked by a sharp rise in remortgaging and the growth of 0% balance transfer credit cards. By 2008 the UK had the highest ratio of household debt to GDP of any major economy.” YearsGrowthCasesEconomyGrowingEconomicBalanceMajorsHighestPercentCrisisCreditDebtCardsInequalityBritainHouseholdCrashTransfersCredit CardTextbooksRatiosGdpEconomic Crisis Author:Frances O'Grady