“Since man does not create physical matter, those who handle material objects in the production process are not producers in that sense. Economic benefits result from the transformation of matter in form, location, or availability (intellectually or temporally). It is these transformations that create economic benefits valued by consumers, and whoever arranges such transformations contributes to the value of things, whether his hands actually come into contact with physical objects or not.” MenDoeMatterHandsFormValuesProcessResultsEconomicObjectsMaterialsBenefitsTransformationProductionsHandleContactProducersConsumersLocationAvailability Author:Thomas Sowell
“Teaching needs an ecosystem that supports evidence-based practice. It will need better systems to disseminate the results of research more widely, but also a better understanding of research, so that teachers can be critical consumers of evidence.” NeedsUnderstandingResultsPracticeSupportTeacherTeachingResearchEvidenceCriticalConsumersEcosystems Author:Ben Goldacre
“On the whole it may be observed, that the specific use of a body of unproductive consumers, is to give encouragement to wealth by maintaining such a balance between produce and consumption as will give the greatest exchangeable value to the results of the national industry.” GivingMayWholeUseBodyValuesWealthResultsProduceIndustryBalanceEncouragementConsumersConsumptionMaintainingUnproductive Book:The Works of Thomas Robert Malthus: Principles of political economy. Part 2 Source: The Works of Thomas Robert Malthus: Principles of political economy. Part 2
“There is the desire of a consumer society to have no learning curves. This tends to result in very dumbed-down products that are easy to get started on, but are generally worthless and/or debilitating.” DesireEasyResultsProductsConsumersWorthlessCurvesEasy To GetLearning Curve Author:Alan Kay
“I don't think our fiduciary duty is to put shareholders first. I say the opposite. What we firmly believe is that if we focus our company on improving the lives of the world's citizens and come up with genuine sustainable solutions, we are more in synch with consumers and society and ultimately this will result in good shareholder returns.” IfsThinkingWorldFirstsBelieveResultsCompanyFocusDutyReturnCitizensSolutionsOppositesCome UpGenuineConsumersImprovingShareholdersFiduciary Author:Paul Polman
“Big banks churn out page after page of incomprehensible fine print to obscure the cost and risks of checking accounts, credit cards, mortgages and other financial products. The result is that consumers can't make direct product comparisons, markets aren't competitive, and costs are higher. If the playing field is leveled and the broken market fixed, a lot more money will stay in the pockets of millions of hard-working families. That's real stimulus - money to families, without increasing our national debt.” IfsRealHardBigsResultsMillionsRiskFieldsProductsHard WorkBrokenFineHigherCostPagesDirectAccountsFinancialCreditDebtCardsConsumersFixedPocketsComparisonPrintMore MoneyObscureStimulusMortgageCredit CardPlaying FieldsNational DebtFine PrintChecking Accounts Author:Elizabeth Warren
“Cars, toys, aspirin, meat, toasters, water - nearly every product sold has passed basic safety regulations well in advance of being marketed and sold. But consumer credit is a kind of buyer-beware, wild west. That is partly the result of history.” WellsKindWaterResultsCarProductsSafetyWestCreditConsumersMeatRegulationToysBuyersAspirinWild WestToasters Author:Elizabeth Warren
“The goals of development are always and everywhere stated in terms of consumer value packages standardized around the North Atlantic-and therefore always and everywhere imply more privileges for a few... Underdevelopment is the result of a state of mind common to both socialist and capitalist countries. Present development goals are neither desirable nor reasonable. Unfortunately antiimperialism is no antidote.” MindCountryStatesValuesGoalTermResultsCommonDevelopmentPrivilegeConsumersReasonableState Of MindCapitalistSocialistConsumerismDesirablePackagesAntidoteOverconsumptionUnderdevelopment Author:Ivan Illich
“Setting an aggressive enough carbon-reduction goal will result in an appropriate price for carbon and will help many a renewable technology. Consumer education will help. Most importantly, though, will be the continually declining cost trajectory of the real breakthrough in clean-technology costs driven by research and innovation. In the end, private capital is the real barometer of change.” RealEndsEnoughHelpingGoalResultsTechnologyCostResearchInnovationCleanDrivenSettingSettingsConsumersAppropriateAggressiveCarbonBreakthroughReductionTrajectoryBarometerResearch And Innovation Author:Vinod Khosla