Economic Quotes - Page 3

• Economic depression can not be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement.

  Herbert Hoover

  Depression, Cells, Action

  Herbert Hoover, Arnold S. Rice, United States. President (1929-1933 : Hoover) (1971). “Herbert Hoover, 1874-1964; chronology-documents-bibliographical aids”, Oceana Pubns

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• Social Security is not just the foundation of America's retirement dignity and security, it ensures the economic stability and strength of our families and our state's economy.

  Debbie Stabenow

  Retirement, America, Foundation

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• By adopting the control strategy, the nation's environmental program has created a built-in antagonism between environmental quality and economic growth.

  Barry Commoner

  Environmental Quality, Growth, Strategy

  Interview With Alan Hall, www.scientificamerican.com. June 23, 1997.

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• I've talked to you on a number of occasions about the economic problems our nation faces, and I am prepared to tell you it's in a hell of a mess-we're not connected to the press room yet, are we?

  Ronald Reagan

  Numbers, Rooms, Faces

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• During the 1990s, San Francisco lived through one of the most intense economic booms of its history

  Gavin Newsom

  San Francisco, Intense

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• I think nowadays economic liberties are an explosive issue.

  Emma Bonino

  Thinking, Issues, Liberty

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• To talk about planning an economic system is to talk in old terms, and I find myself sometimes having to teach Westerners about what the market really means.

  Vaclav Klaus

  Teaching, Mean, Planning

  "No Third Way Out: An Interview with Vaclav Klaus". Interview with John Fund, reason.com. June 1, 1990.

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• Much of my work in this period was concerned with exploring the logic of economic models, but also with attempting to reconcile the models with everyday observation.

  Joseph Stiglitz

  Economic Models, Logic, Periods

  Biographical, www.nobelprize.org. 2001.

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• Nevada once again has shown double digit increases in tax revenue... Nevada continues to show economic stability with its desirable business climate and booming tourism sector.

  Kenny Guinn

  Tourism, Climate, Double Standard

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• I represent central Florida, which depends on tourists for its economic survival. We need people to be able to get to the State and enjoy it.

  Corrine Brown

  Florida, People, Survival

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• Coal research and development provides huge benefits for the nation, and pay for itself many times over through taxes flowing back to the Treasury from expanded economic activity.

  Tim Holden

  Research And Development, Coal, Benefits

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• We must provide all kinds of freedom, personal and economic, to all Iraqis. I will fight for that.

  Jalal Talabani

  Fighting, Kind, All Kinds

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• Oil is a very important component of economic growth.

  Maria Bartiromo

  Oil, Growth, Important

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• I'm for economic independence.

  Charles Evers

  Independence, Economic Independence

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• Already, China has undermined U.S. foreign policy in efforts to gain access to oil resources in Iran and Sudan. We simply cannot separate the political and economic values of oil.

  Jo Ann Emerson

  Economic Value, Iran, Oil

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• The stark reality facing us today is that without the labour reforms, workers will get neither the income nor jobs in the face of cut-throat global economic competition.

  Kim Young-sam

  Jobs, Cutting, Reality

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• First rule of Economics 101: our desires are insatiable. Second rule: we can stomach only three Big Macs at a time.

  Douglas Horton

  Time, Desire, Three

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• Historically, filmmakers always fall in love with every frame, but now that even neophytes are given final cut, this love affair carries with it serious economic implications.

  Peter Bart

  Falling In Love, Cutting, Serious

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• In his first year in office, President Obama pulled us back from the brink of the greatest economic crisis since the Great Depression and worked to lay a new foundation for economic growth. The president identified three key strategies to build that lasting prosperity: innovation, investment, and education.

  Tom Vilsack

  Keys, Years, Office

  "Securing Our Future Through Our Children’s Health" by Sec. Tom Vilsack, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 25, 2010.

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• Globalization and free trade do spur economic growth, and they lead to lower prices on many goods.

  Robert Reich

  Philosophy, Political, Growth

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• We have new developing ties with Japan whom always supports our democratic process and economic development.

  Ali Abdullah Saleh

  Japan, Ties, Support

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• Fundamentally, there are only two ways of coordinating the economic activities of millions. One is central direction involving the use of coercion - the technique of the army and of the modern totalitarian state. The other is voluntary cooperation of individuals - the technique of the marketplace.

  Milton Friedman

  Army, Two, Liberty

  Milton Friedman (2017). “Milton Friedman on Freedom: Selections from The Collected Works of Milton Friedman”, p.28, Hoover Press

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• Politically, the goal of today’s dominant trend is statism. Philosophically, the goal is the obliteration of reason; psychologically, it is the erosion of ambition.

  Ayn Rand

  Philosophy, Ambition, Erosion

  Ayn Rand (1990). “The Voice of Reason: Essays in Objectivist Thought”, p.229, Penguin

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• But these days there are a lot of younger people who would like to go into teaching but don't because the economic opportunities are sometimes elsewhere.

  Charles Schumer

  Teaching, Opportunity, People

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• If we make the tough decisions now, we will be one year ahead of 80 percent of the states in the race to economic growth. If we fail to act, we will fall even further behind... by going first, we can become first.

  Chris Christie

  Fall, Race, Years

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