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Quotes About Economy

Whereas previously men were differentiated only by their culture, the community is all of sudden split into economically determined classes and, with the cheap products of the factory, a poverty without beauty invades the homes; ugly, senseless, and comfortless poverty is the most widespread of all modern achievements.
~ Titus Burckhardt
It is necessarily so, since every traditional art obeys a particular spiritual economy that limits its themes and means of expression, so that an abandonment of that economy almost immediately releases new and apparently unlimited artistic possibilities.
~ Titus Burckhardt
Ma mi chiedo se questo non sia il primo passo verso la modernizzazione che inevitabilmente nel giro di pochi anni, cura il tracoma ma porta anche un industriale di Hong Kong a installare quattro o cinque macchine da cucire in un androne de lMustang e a mettere quelle sorridenti donne, che adesso vanno al mercato, o lavano nel fiune, a cucire per otto ore al giorno le sue scarpe o le sue t.shirt
~ Tiziano Terzani
Minimum wages tends to elicit minimum attention.
~ Toby Barlow
Family farms and small businesses are the backbone of our communities.
~ Tom Allen
Health care costs blunt the competitive edge of American entrepreneurs, from the auto industry to internet start-ups.
~ Tom Allen
Currency is… a shared delusion in the minds of all men, a necessary delusion if civilised society were not to fall… yet so many lives, so many cities and kingdoms and nations, ultimately depend on hoping that no man ever stops to wonder why he values discs of a shiny yellow metal so highly…"   -
~ Tom Anderson
People were concerned about national security, and that precluded us from having the opportunity to break through on the issues that we cared most about - the economy, education and health care.
~ Tom Daschle
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.
~ Thomas Frank
You know how Bed Bath & Beyond sells those white noise machines that help you sleep? And they usually make ocean noises? I want one that's just David Gergen gently muttering about the economy.
~ Jessi Klein
The environmentalists say capitalism is killing our oceans, air, land, and forests. Capitalists argue that they provide food, fuel, and building materials for a growing world.
~ Robert Kiyosaki
I did something a lot of people will have to do in this economy if they want to eventually land their dream job. I turned down an offer to take a high-paying position in another field because it wouldn't fulfill me.
~ Mika Brzezinski
Our educational system should make the Filipino fit not just for whatever jobs happen to be on offer today, but also for whatever economic challenge life will throw in their way.
~ Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Africa offers the highest return on investment in the world.
~ Mo Ibrahim
Conservatives don't love business for some abstract reason. We love it because of what it offers our children. Hope.
~ Grant Shapps
America has two national budgets, one official, one unofficial.
~ Matt Taibbi
A Central Bank official said that Q-coin did not affect the renminbi; it adds vibrancy to the economy.
~ Ma Huateng
Many large brands are now just marketing machines for what's being made offshore.
~ Chad Hurley
The United States and Arizona are both losing jobs to offshore locations.
~ Janet Napolitano
Low-wage jobs have gone offshore. We need to innovate to stay competitive.
~ Jeanne Shaheen
We fail to boost our offshore production at our own expense.
~ Lisa Murkowski
Offshore drilling is not the answer, it is not going to get us anything.
~ Laurie David
Coastal restoration and a robust offshore energy industry have to co-exist because Louisiana's future depends on it.
~ John Bel Edwards
And what we're doing in Ohio is we're moving from a basic manufacturing economy to one that's diversified, including energy and health care and agriculture and IT.
~ John Kasich