“2009 was a tough year, but Australia rose to the challenge of the global financial crisis. It shows what can be done when we all join together and work together, governments of all persuasions state, territory and local; businesses large and small; unions and local communities right across the nation.” YearsStatesDoneShowsGovernmentTogetherNationsCommunityChallengesToughCrisisUnionsRoseFinancialLocalsAustraliaWorking TogetherTerritoryPersuasionFinancial CrisisLocal CommunityLocal Business Author:Kevin Rudd
“I get really frustrated during a crisis when I go through all the cable channels and find - very often with the exception of CNN - that I'm not watching news at all. You think, 'Well, God... there are talk shows, talk shows, talk shows and everyone is an expert!” ThinkingWellsShowsNewsCrisisExpertsExceptionFrustratedCablesGet RealCnnTalk Shows Author:Howard Stringer
“Let us show, not merely in great crises, but in every day of life, qualities of practical intelligence, of hardihood and endurance, and above all, the power of devotion to a lofty ideal.” LifeShowsQualityPowerIdealsCrisisPracticalsDevotionEnduranceLofty Author:Theodore Roosevelt
“Even if the crises that are looming up are overcome and a new run of prosperity lies ahead, deeper problems will still remain. Modern capitalism has no purpose except to keep the show going.” IfsStillsShowsProblemRunningLyingPurposeModernCapitalismOvercomingCrisisProsperityDeeperLooming Book:Economic heresies: some old-fashioned questions in economic theory Source: Economic heresies: some old-fashioned questions in economic theory
“The rich believe that they're different and that it is their right to pay a much lower tax rate. The response that you see from people on Wall Street, their dismissal and their almost contempt for the concerns about their culpability in the financial crisis, about the income inequality, shows that they are completely out of touch.” PeopleBelieveDifferentShowsPayRichStreetsWallTaxesConcernCrisisResponseRateFinancialIncomeInequalityContemptFinancial CrisisIncome InequalityDismissalCulpability Author:Robin Wells