David Brooks Quotes About Economy

Quotes about: Economy

• I do think creating an open free-trade economy but with strong social support is the way to go.

  David Brooks

  Strong, Thinking, Creating

  "Week In Politics: Trump Begins 'Thank You' Tour In Indiana", apr.org. December 2, 2016.

• The corruption will come back to haunt the Trump administration. But mostly, it'll come back to haunt the American economy, as companies decide they can make money by rent-seeking, by getting money from government rather than earning it the old-fashioned way.

  David Brooks

  Government, Earning It, Way

  "Week In Politics: Trump Begins 'Thank You' Tour In Indiana". "All Things Considered" with Audie Cornish, apr.org. December 2, 2016.

• I just think, realistically, there's a lot of room outside the Trump populist right and the Bernie-Sanders-Elizabeth-Warren populist left. There are a lot of us who believe in open trade, open borders, a dynamic forward-looking economy, not a nostalgic economy, but do want to provide a significant level of social service or sort of economic Milton Friedman foreign policy, Ronald Reagan domestic policy, Franklin Roosevelt. And there's a lot of room in the center.

  David Brooks

  Believe, Thinking, Borders

  Source: www.npr.org

• You figure out, what is the crucial issue facing the country right now? And for Trump, it was that the global economy and the international world order were failing regular people.

  David Brooks

  Country, Order, Issues

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

• For the Democrats, they're trying to avoid having the Sanders-Clinton debate over and over again. But, to some degree, they're sentenced to that debate. Clinton is much more embracing of the global economy and the international world order. Sanders and Warren are much less so. And they have got to figure out which side the party is on, if they're going to have a clear message. I think this is probably one you probably can't straddle.

  David Brooks

  Party, Thinking, Order

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

• That is the job of the Catholic Church, to be a balance to the materialistic drives of our culture and of economy.

  David Brooks

  Jobs, Catholic, Balance

  "David Brooks: Focusing On Economic Theory A 'Little Out Of The Pope's Lane'". The Crooks and Liars Interview, crooksandliars.com. December 1, 2013.

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