Economic Quotes - Page 28

• There are certain functions that the family performs. In the first place the family provides society with an orderly means of reproduction, while at the same time the norms of marriage control the potentially disruptive forces of sexuality. Second, the family provides physical and economic support for the child during the early years of dependence. The child receives its primary socialization in the family, learning the essential ideas and values required for adult life.

  Adrian Wilson

  Children, Mean, Years

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• I am concerned that many young people in the Hemisphere seem to envision the United States as a nation intoxicated by power, addicted to warfare, controlled by a military-industrial complex, and determined to preserve the status quo, that we are against rapid economic and social growth.

  Luis A. Ferre

  Military, People, Growth

  National Governors Association Annual Meeting NGA, 1971.

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• The most vital issue of the age is whether the future progress of humanity is to be governed by the modern economic and materialistic mind of the West or by a nobler pragmatism guided, uplifted and enlightened by spiritual culture and knowledge.

  Sri Aurobindo

  Spiritual, Issues, Humanity

  Sri Aurobindo (2016). “Ideal And Progress”, p.23, Read Books Ltd

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• The real potential of electricity lies not in providing social amenities but in stimulating long-term economic development

  Christopher Flavin

  Real, Lying, Long

  Christopher Flavin (1986). “Electricity for a developing world: new directions”, Worldwatch Inst

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• There is no doubt that a woman's economic empowerment is very much interconnected to her health and the well being of her children.

  Helene D. Gayle

  Children, Empowerment, Doubt

  “'It Takes A Village' And More To Change Lives In Uganda" by Helene D. Gayle, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 10, 2012.

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• Human rights are particularly cherished by the West, which has never acknowledged economic rights. Human rights mean freedom from politcal oppression, tyranny and abuse, while economic oppression, tyranny and abuse are built into the very structures of globalization.

  Jeremy Seabrook

  Mean, Rights, Abuse

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• Acumen Fund's patient capital investment in Western Seed is intended to enhance the food security and economic independence of Kenya's smallholder farmers.

  Jacqueline Novogratz

  Independence, Acumen, Kenya

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• Thanks to the FedDev Ontario funding we were able to get a number of key initiatives underway to mitigate the potential negative economic impact of the Heinz closure. With this additional funding we will continue to be in high gear within the food processing sector to continue with business retention, expansion and attraction activities in the Windsor-Essex region.

  Sandra Pupatello

  Numbers, Impact, Keys

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• The social and economic impact of innovative American researchers, companies, and workers over the course of U.S. history have been enormous.

  Robert Hormats

  Impact, Social, Enormous

  "The Road to an Effective Innovation Diplomacy" by Robert Hormats, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 20, 2013.

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• We cannot escape our destiny, nor should we try to do so. The leadership of the free world was thrust upon us two centuries ago in that little hall of Philadelphia. In the days following World War II, when the economic strength and power of America was all that stood between the world and the return to the dark ages, Pope Pius XII said, 'The American people have a great genius for splendid and unselfish actions. Into the hands of America God has placed the destinies of an afflicted mankind.' We are indeed, and we are today, the last best hope of man on earth.

  Ronald Reagan

  War, Dark, Destiny

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• There are men regarded today as brilliant economists, who deprecate saving and recommend squandering on a national scale as the way of economic salvation; and when anyone points to what the consequences of these policies will be in the long run, they reply flippantly, as might the prodigal son of a warning father: 'In the long run we are all dead.' And such shallow wisecracks pass as devastating epigrams and the ripest wisdom.

  Henry Hazlitt

  Running, Father, Son

  Henry Hazlitt (2010). “Economics in One Lesson: The Shortest and Surest Way to Understand Basic Economics”, p.12, Crown Business

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• Capitalism is the only economic system compatible with free individuals

  Peter McWilliams

  Individual, Capitalism, Compatible

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• Inflationism, however, is not an isolated phenomenon. It is only one piece in the total framework of politico-economic and socio-philosophical ideas of our time. Just as the sound money policy of gold standard advocates went hand in hand with liberalism, free trade, capitalism and peace, so is inflationism part and parcel of imperialism, militarism, protectionism, statism and socialism.

  Ludwig von Mises

  Philosophical, Hands, Ideas

  Ludwig Von Mises (1978). “On the Manipulation of Money and Credit”, Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. : Free Market Books

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• At the economic summit in China, Vladimir Putin is being accused of flirting with the first lady of China. Then again, Putin does have a history of not respecting boundaries.

  Conan O'Brien

  Flirting, Doe, Firsts

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• People in China criticized President Obama for chewing gum while entering the economic summit in Beijing. They're saying he looked like a rapper. Then again, to be fair, in China I look like a rapper.

  Conan O'Brien

  Rapper, People, President

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• President Obama and Vladimir Putin are both in China attending the same economic summit. Obama saw Putin and said, 'After those midterms, it's nice to finally see a friendly face.'

  Conan O'Brien

  Nice, Friendly, President

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• Economists believe there are three reasons why the Russian economy is doing so poorly. One, economic sanctions are working. Number two, low-price oil. And number three, Lindsay Lohan has quit drinking vodka.

  David Letterman

  Drinking, Believe, Economic Sanctions

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• There are reports that Russia is actually working with North Korea to encourage “collaboration and cooperation” between the two countries. Yeah, they believe that with Russia's economic power and North Korea's technology, they can be a real threat to 1987.

  Jimmy Fallon

  Country, Real, Believe

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• President Obama is in China now for an economic summit in Beijing. The president wore a traditional purple silk shirt along with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin. That's after they taught Putin how to put a shirt ON.

  Jimmy Fallon

  Purple, Chinese, President

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• If people understood how the economic system works, there'd be a revolution in a minute.

  Henry Ford

  People, Revolution, Minutes

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• Republicans want to punish work and reward wealth; hence the high payroll tax and the low dividend tax. Said one Bush economic adviser, if we can't help wealthy investors and screw working people, what's the point in being a Republican?

  Paul Begala

  Payroll Tax, People, Want

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• I spend about fifteen minutes a year on economic analysis.

  Peter Lynch

  Years, Analysis, Fifteen

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• The Bush Administration believes the Kyoto protocol could damage our collective prosperity, and in so doing, actually put our long-term environmental health at risk. Fundamentally, we believe that the protocol both will fail to significantly reduce the long-term risks posed by climate change and, in the short run, will seriously impede our ability to meet our energy needs and economic growth.

  Lawrence B. Lindsey

  Running, Believe, Environmental Health

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• The Kyoto Protocol is a death pact, however strange it may sound, because its main aim is to strangle economic growth and economic activity in countries that accept the protocol's requirements.

  Andrey Illarionov

  Country, Kyoto Protocol, Growth

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• Everyone in advanced meditation practice should be involved with the economic support of the spread of the dharma. We live in a material world, and it's very expensive to teach meditation.

  Frederick Lenz

  Meditation Practice, Support, World

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