To tax the larger incomes at a higher percentage than the smaller, is to lay a tax on industry and economy; to… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
I largely agree with those that hold that Government should not in general interfere with the course of the economy merely on… — John James Cowperthwaite Copy Share Image
What is certainly true is that the American people, just like the German people, just like the British and people around the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Wage theft, worker rights and workplace discrimination should not be swept under the rug. The United States cannot have a functional economy… — James P. Hoffa Copy Share Image
Experience shows that nothing is operated with less economy and with more waste of labor and material of every kind than public… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
A genuine Left doesn't consider anyone's suffering irrelevant or titillating; nor does it function as a microcosm of capitalist economy, with men… — Robin Morgan Copy Share Image
Now, modern economies have a very effective mechanism for deciding if salaries are really too high: it's called the free market. That's… — James Surowiecki Copy Share Image
But our waste problem is not the fault only of producers. It is the fault of an economy that is wasteful from… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
And having thoughtlessly polluted our streams and rivers, we have seen in recent years a rapidly growing market for bottled drinking water.… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
They pay money to watch the same film. Now, you could argue, that's because it makes them feel comfortable. When they go… — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image
I cannot for the life of me understand why the American market keeps going up. Our economy has some real challenges. The… — Michael Bloomberg Copy Share Image
Simply put, we have to be smart about how we use our power. Not because we have less of it indeed,… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Do you realize that the 850 billion dollar bank bailout, that sum of money is greater than the entire 50 year running… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
As an element in human progress, the right of private property, in importance, has taken first and almost only place in the… — Joshua K. Ingalls Copy Share Image
We have arrived at socialized medicine in America. I do not report this as either a good or bad event but simply… — Robert J. Samuelson Copy Share Image
A proper community, we should remember also, is a commonwealth: a place, a resource, an economy. It answers the needs, practical as… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
This goes back to the main challenge we are facing, because Europe at the moment is not competitive. We have many imbalances… — Mark Rutte Copy Share Image
Let's be honest, this is a consumer based economy in America. That's all we manufacture here is need and appetite. We are… — Marc Maron Copy Share Image
After Brexit referendum, our country faces major challenges. Risks to the economy and living standards are growing. The public is split.The government… — Wes Streeting Copy Share Image
But to truly transform our economy, protect our security, and save our planet from the ravages of climate change, we need to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
More broadly, Prime Minister Lee [Hsien Loong] and I will work to advance the US-Singapore partnership across the board. We're committed to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Companies have to nurture [creativity and motivation]-and have to do it by building a compassionate yet performance-driven corporate culture. In the knowledge… — Gay Mitchell Copy Share Image
In an economy, when the government spends more and invests in the economy, that money circulates, and recirculates again and again. So… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
The constant influx of new cultures, new ideas and new ways of looking at old problems is a big part of the… — Gary Locke Copy Share Image
I really couldn't be more excited about the opportunity that we have with the new president to really turn this country around… — Mike Pence Copy Share Image
Unlike fuel-economy standards, the most common method of reducing demand for oil over the past thirty years, a gas tax doesn't tell… — James Surowiecki Copy Share Image
As president, things that you're supposed to focus on, things like the economy, like energy policy, which is completely tied to national… — Doug Burgum Copy Share Image
You must keep your honor! You can't speak for the country; you can do little about the national economy or actions of… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
I think the most important issue for all of us is our economy and jobs and creating opportunities for young people to… — Debbie Stabenow Copy Share Image
The people who are having the hard time right now are middle-income Americans. Under the president's policies, middle-income Americans have been buried.… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
People sometimes say we need to be really almost on a wartime footing if you want to change. Our whole economy is… — Elizabeth Kolbert Copy Share Image
The strike, the boycott, the refusal to serve, the ability to paralyze the functioning of a complex social structure-these remain potent weapons… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
It's also one of these strange points where metaphysics converges with economy. Because really what the experts are doing is creating value… — Daniel Kehlmann Copy Share Image
By preventing pneumonia and other diseases, we are giving men, women and children the chance to live healthy productive lives and participate… — Mandy Moore Copy Share Image
We believe that cryptocurrency and the use of blockchain can open up the economy to individuals and groups that have been historically… — Francis X. Suarez Copy Share Image
Despite its increased dependence on the international economy, America continues to behave as if it were either a closed economy or the… — Robert Gilpin Copy Share Image
One intriguing subplot of the economic crisis is the failure of most economists to predict it. Here we have the most spectacular… — Robert J. Samuelson Copy Share Image
I cannot conceive of a politically feasible solution to this problem which will overdo cutting the deficit, where overdoing means harming the… — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
All over the world, as governments retreat from their traditional duty to foster the common good and reconceive of themselves as mere… — J. M. Coetzee Copy Share Image
In China the largest denomination bill they have is 100 yen, and that's maybe $7. So here you have a whole economy… — Michael Hudson Copy Share Image