“During the financial crisis and bailouts of 2008, it probably occurred to very few average people that we were entering a period of hardship for billionaires.” PeoplePeriodsCrisisFinancialAverageHardshipEnteringBillionaireFinancial CrisisBailouts Author:Thomas Frank
“The period of financial distress is a gradual decline after the peak of a speculative bubble that precedes the final and massive panic and crash, driven by the insiders having exited but the sucker outsiders hanging on hoping for a revivial, but finally giving up in the final collapse.” GivingPeriodsGiving UpFinalsInvestingFinancialDrivenMassiveBubblesDeclineCollapsePanicOutsidersCrashDistressSuckerHanging OnInsiders Author:Charles P. Kindleberger
“Innovation requires resources to invest, and you can see many companies pulling back and going into an intense protective mode in a major extended period of financial distress.” CompanyPeriodsMajorsResourcesInnovationFinancialIntensePullingDistressProtective Author:Peter Senge
“The dark comes before dawn. The financial markets are under great pressure because of the lack of leadership during the transition period.” DarkPeriodsPressureFinancialDawnTransitionFinancial MarketsLack Of Leadership Author:George Soros
“During the current period of health care development in our country, improvement of the management quality is becoming increasingly important. This is due to many processes, including new ones, such as increase in the number of financial resources used to implement the state guarantees program, the need for more efficient spending of funds, rearrangement of cash flows, single-channel financing” NeedsImportantCountryStatesCareUsedProcessNumbersQualityDevelopmentBecomingPeriodsResourcesProgramFlowIncreaseManagementIncludingFinancialCurrentsSpendingDuesImprovementOur CountryHealth CareGuaranteesFundCashEfficientFinancingCash FlowFinancial Resources Author:Veronika Skvortsova
“When we were negotiating the ongoing financial period in 2013, I talked myself hoarse. London and Berlin in particular insisted on reducing the budget. So we - to the applause of German journalists - made cuts to central future-oriented areas and slashed the budget for development aid, research and technology.” MadeTechnologyCuttingParticularDevelopmentPeriodsResearchAreasFinancialLondonAidsJournalistBudgetsOngoingApplauseReducingBerlinNegotiatingDevelopment Aid Author:Martin Schulz
“There was a period of time between 2005 and 2008 that was pretty challenging. I had taken a leap of faith and moved to Los Angeles from New York, which had been incredible to me professionally. I couldn't get arrested in this town. There was a lot of doubt and fear that crept in, and boy, did insecurity stick her foot up in it. There were many obstacles that were overcome during that very dark period - creative, financial, emotional, and spiritual - and I'm here, standing, stronger than ever.” SpiritualChallengesDarkBoysCreativeTakenDoubtFeetNew YorkEmotionalPeriodsStandingOvercomingStrongerTownsMovedSticksIncrediblesFinancialObstaclesInsecurityLos AngelesLeapArrestedLeap Of FaithDoubt And FearStronger Than Ever Author:Erica Tazel
“The ranks of educated professional swelled as more Americans went to college and more Americans sort of adopted a more cosmopolitan lifestyle and worldview. And as the Democrats were looking for an alternative to the unions who no longer seemed like a large enough base for the party, they found the educated who veered more toward a progressive cultural outlook, who may have had - may have been working in the financial sector, in entertainment, in media, in universities. That became really the rank and file of the Democratic Party over a long period of time.” MayLongHas BeensEnoughFoundPartyMediaCollegePeriodsUnionsDemocraticDemocratUniversityFinancialEntertainmentLifestyleEducatedAlternativesProgressiveAdoptedOutlookFilesDemocratic PartyWorldviewLong Periods Of Time Author:George Packer
“When I was in government, the South African economy was growing at 4.5% - 5%. But then came the global financial crisis of 2008/2009, and so the global economy shrunk. That hit South Africa very hard, because then the export markets shrunk, and that includes China, which has become one of the main trade partners with South Africa. Also, the slowdown in the Chinese economy affected South Africa. The result was that during that whole period, South Africa lost something like a million jobs because of external factors.” HardWholeGovernmentJobsLostResultsMillionsEconomyGrowingPeriodsCrisisTradeSouthFinancialChinaPartnersFactorsChineseAffectedSouth AfricaGlobal EconomyFinancial Crisis Author:Thabo Mbeki