“Our supplies of natural resources are not finite in any economic sense. Nor does past experience give reason to expect natural resources to become more scarce. Rather, if history is any guide, natural resources will progressively become less costly, hence less scarce, and will constitute a smaller proportion of our expenses in future years.” IfsGivingYearsDoeReasonPastNaturalEconomicResourcesGuidesProportionExpensesFiniteSuppliesScarceNatural ResourcesPast Experiences Author:Julian Simon
“A race that is solely dependent upon another for economic existence sooner or later dies. As we have in the past been living upon the mercies shown by others, and by the chances obtainable, and have suffered there from, so we will in the future suffer if an effort is not made now to adjust our own affairs.” IfsMadePastSufferingDiesChanceEffortRaceExistenceEconomicMercyAffairDependentSooner Or Later Book:The Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey, Or, Africa for the Africans Source: The Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey, Or, Africa for the Africans
“Where there has been racial hatred, it must be ended. Where there has been tribal animosity, it will be finished. Let us not dwell upon the bitterness of the past. I would rather look to the future, to the good new Kenya, not to the bad old days. If we can create this sense of national direction and identity, we shall have gone a long way to solving our economic problems.” IfsWayLooksLongHas BeensProblemPastGoneEconomicIdentityHatredFinishedBitternessLong WayOld DaysKenyaAnimosityEconomic ProblemsLooking To The Future Author:Jomo Kenyatta
“All "if" statements about the past are as dubious as prophecies of the future are. It seems fairly plausible that if Alexander or Ghengis Khan had never been born, some other individual would have filled his place and executed the design of the Hellenic or Mongolic expansion; but the Alexanders of philosophy and religion, of science and art, seem less expendable; their impact seems less determined by economic challenges and social pressures; and they seem to have a much wider range of possibilities to influence the direction, shape and texture of civilizations.” IfsArtPhilosophySeemsPastIndividualSocialBornChallengesInfluenceEconomicDesignPossibilityCivilizationShapesPressureImpactFilledDeterminedStatementsRangeProphecyExpansionTextureArt And SciencePlausibleDubiousPhilosophy And ReligionSocial PressureExpendables Author:Arthur Koestler
“Have you heard a single national figure tell you all of the crises of the recent past are not economic, they're cultural?” PastHeardEconomicFiguresCrisisRecent Past Author:Newt Gingrich
“The raw fact is that every successful example of economic development this past century every case of a poor nation that worked its way up to a more or less decent, or at least dramatically better, standard of living has taken place via globalization, that is, by producing for the world market rather than trying for self-sufficiency.” WorldWayTryingSelfFactsPastNationsPoorCasesSuccessfulTakenEconomicCenturyExampleDevelopmentStandardsDecentGlobalizationStandards Of LivingEconomic DevelopmentSelf SufficiencySufficiencyEconomic GlobalizationPoor Nations Author:Paul Krugman
“If adapted to the unique requirements of various regions and peoples of the world, such economic pluralism could have a greater global impact over the next fifty years than the collectivist economics of Marxism and neo-Marxism have had during the half century just past.” IfsWorldYearsWisdomPastNextPoliticsHalfEconomyGreaterEconomicCenturyUniqueEconomicsImpactVariousLiberalismFiftyRegionsRequirementsMarxismAdaptedPluralism Author:Robert Dickson Crane
“The Federal Reserve is the overlord of the money supply. If these two are not steering in the same direction, they can either neutralize each other or have the economy lurching in all directions. This is not a rational system for setting economic policy. It has given us trouble in the past, as the text will establish, and will inevitably in the future.” IfsTwoPastPoliticsGivenEconomyTroubleEconomicPolicySettingRationalSettingsLiberalismReservesFederal ReserveEconomic PolicySteering Author:Wright Patman
“But the Progressive Conservative is very definitely liberal Republican. These are people who are moderately conservative on economic matters, and in the past have been moderately liberal, even sometimes quite liberal on social policy matters.” PeopleHas BeensSometimesMatterPastSocialEconomicPolicyRepublicanConservativeProgressiveSocial Policy Author:Stephen Harper
“The achievements of past struggles and the aspirations of an entire nation are [being] undone and erased.... No Agent Orange or steel pellet bombs, no napalm, no toxic chemicals: a new phase of economic and social (rather than' physical) destruction has unfolded. The seemingly neutral and scientific tools of macro-economic policy constitute a non-violent instrument of recolonization and impoverishment.” PastNationsSocialStruggleEconomicPolicyAchievementToolsDestructionInstrumentsViolentAgentsAspirationBombsChemicalsToxicPhasesSteelOrangeUndoneEconomic PolicyNon ViolentMacroNapalmToxic ChemicalsAgent Orange Author:Michel Chossudovsky
“In recent years, we've become enamored with our own past success. Lulled into complacency by the glitter of our own achievements. We've become accustomed to the title of Military Superpower, forgetting the qualities that got us there. We've become accustomed to our economic dominance in the world, forgetting that it wasn't reckless deals and get rich quick schemes that got us where we are, but hard work and smart ideas, quality products and wise investments.” WorldYearsIdeasHardAmericaPastForgetDealsQualityRichWiseEconomicMilitaryProductsHard WorkAchievementSmartInvestmentTitlesSchemesAccustomedRecklessComplacencyGet RichDominanceGlitterSuperpowerEnamoredPast SuccessGet Rich Quick Author:Barack Obama
“There will come a moment when the most urgent threats posed by the credit crisis have eased and the larger task before us will be to chart a direction for the economic steps ahead. This will be a dangerous moment. Behind the debates over future policy is a debate over history-a debate over the causes of our current situation. The battle for the past will determine the battle for the present. So it's crucial to get the history straight.” MomentsPastCausesBehindsSituationStepsEconomicDangerousPolicyBattleTasksCrisisThreatInvestingDetermineCurrentsCreditDebateCrucialUrgentCurrent Situation Author:Joseph Stiglitz
“Municipal debt outstanding doubled in the past 10 years. And in the past 30 years, the U.S. has been in real economic nirvana.” YearsHas BeensRealPastEconomicDebtOutstanding Author:Meredith Whitney