“It has become fashionable to rail against government intervention in the economy, and the FHA is a favorite example by those trying to show the government's overreach. In reality, the FHA shows how government action during the Great Recession forestalled a much worse economic fate.” TryingShowsRealityGovernmentActionEconomyFateEconomicExampleInterventionFashionableRecessionsRailGovernment InterventionGreat Recession Author:Mark Zandi
“Japan is a model already to the lie that economic growth is the key to our future. If they can really show an alternative to nukes and fossil fuels, then they will be the poster boy for the renewable energy for the future.” IfsShowsLyingEnergyGrowthBoysEconomicKeysModelsAlternativesFuelJapanOur FutureFossilsEconomic GrowthFossil FuelPostersRenewable EnergyBurning Fossil FuelsNukes Author:David Suzuki
“It was the economic benefit,You make a comfortable living in public service and you get a fairly comfortable retirement, if you watch your pennies and you're not extravagant. But in television, if a show goes, you make a substantial amount of money. So, economically it just didn't make sense for me not to.” IfsShowsWatchesEconomicTelevisionAmountComfortBenefitsComfortableMake SenseRetirementPenniesPublic ServiceExtravagant Author:Mills Lane
“Many writers claim that nearly all crime is caused by economic conditions, or in other words that poverty is practically the whole cause of crime. Endless statistics have been gathered on this subject which seem to show conclusively that property crimes are largely the result of the unequal distribution of wealth. But crime of any class cannot be safely ascribed to a single cause. Life is too complex, heredity is too variant and imperfect, too many separate things contribute to human behavior, to make it possible to trace all actions to a single cause.” HumansHas BeensWholeShowsSeemsActionLife IsCausesWealthResultsClassPovertyEconomicConditionsSubjectsCrimeBehaviorClaimsPropertyComplexesEndlessStatisticsImperfectHuman BehaviorDistributionHeredityDistribution Of Wealth Author:Clarence Darrow
“It's not just about the current economic environment. History shows that slashing budgets always leads to recession.” ShowsEnvironmentEconomicCurrentsBudgetsRecessions Author:Ha-Joon Chang
“History shows that tax increases during a recession are a recipe for greater unemployment and economic loss.” ShowsLossGreaterEconomicTaxesIncreaseUnemploymentRecipesRecessionsTax Increases Author:Pete Sessions