Quotes About Economy

History has proven time and again that downturns are the best time to invest in new start-ups. You get good deals and find a better environment for start-ups to grow.

When Brexiters told the public that people were exaggerating, that there would be a financial meltdown, I think it's been proven that they were not exaggerating.

We have proven that you can actually move strong, progressive policies, grow the economy, and improve the human condition.

Fiscal discipline is a priority in Romania, and we have already proven we are committed and able to make real progress in this area.

With the changing economy, no one has lifetime employment. But community colleges provide lifetime employability.

Many people say that in a liberalised world there is little for the government to do, but the fact is that there is much for the government to do in fewer areas. One such area is to provide infrastructure.

We must deregulate, we must provide an investment climate by giving incentives.

You can provide better services for less if you get the federal government out of the way.

Currently, Boston has only nine percent of the state's population - but we provide more than 16 percent of the jobs and 19 percent of the state's revenues.

Our system of private health insurance that fails to provide coverage to so many of our citizens also contributes to the double-digit health care inflation that is making America less competitive in the global economy.

Home Star is a common sense idea that would create jobs and provide a boost to local economies, while helping families afford their energy bills. By encouraging homeowners to invest in energy efficiency retrofits, Home Star would create 170,000 manufacturing and construction jobs that could not be outsourced to China.

the economy "is like a bird. You can't hold it in your hand but have to let it fly. But it might fly away, and that is why you need a cage to control it.

Deng reaffirmed as well the correctness of the party's strategic goal of quadrupling the economy between 1980 and 2000 and making China a moderately developed country by the middle of the twenty-first century.

A nations path to greatness lies in its economic prowess and that militarism, empire, and aggression lead to a dead end.

Capital is a coward

The Fed's action is, as the saying goes, socialism for the rich and capitalism for the poor.

But as Michael Sandel, a Harvard philosopher, explained in his 2012 book, What Money Can't Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets, we have moved from accepting a market economy to creating a market society, one in which everything is seen through the prism of price.

Most livestock—an estimated 99% in America, 74% around the world—comes from factory farms.

Even though the roots of the crash lay in the excesses of the private sector, in many countries, people did not move to the left economically; they moved to the right culturally.

For at least ten years, the revenues of the video gaming industry have exceeded those of Hollywood and the music business put together.)

Hyperinflation is the worst economic malady that can befall a nation. It wipes out the value of money, savings, assets, and thus work. It is worse even than a deep recession. Hyperinflation robs you of what you have now (savings), whereas a recession robs you of what you might have had (higher standards of living if the economy had grown).

Government investments in science, technology, and infrastructure have slumped sharply

For the twentieth century, the great political debate was about the size and role of government in the economy—the quantity of government. But what seems to have mattered most in this crisis was the quality of government.

Only 13% of people in households making over $100,000 were laid off or furloughed, compared with 39% in households making less than $40,000.