Economic policies absorb almost the entire attention of government, and at the same time become ever more impotent. The simplest things, which… — E. F. Schumacher Copy Share Image
As a source of innovation, an engine of our economy, and a forum for our political discourse, the Internet can only work… — Al Franken Copy Share Image
Illegal immigration is not just a matter of interest in states along our border with Mexico. It is having an effect on… — Roger Wicker Copy Share Image
Humor is not a postscript or an incidental afterthought; it is a serious and weighty part of the world's economy. One feels… — Oscar W. Firkins Copy Share Image
I was able to excite and engage people who previously hadn't been involved in politics, and part of the reason that I… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There is an incredible renewable energy resource off both coasts of this country - wind and tidal energy that can power our… — Chellie Pingree Copy Share Image
The market economy is the social system of the division of labor under private ownership of the means of production. Everybody acts… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
We need to have a regulatory budget in America that limits the amount of regulations on our economy. We need to repeal… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
My plan is based on growing the economy, giving middle-class families many more opportunities. I want us to have the biggest jobs… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
The poor lack money. They lack money because they do not know the secret of productive wealth. They know it is possible… — Louis O. Kelso Copy Share Image
If there was an Olympics for misleading, mismanaging and misappropriating, this administration would take the gold. World records for violations of national… — Dennis Kucinich Copy Share Image
How did the economy produce all these amazing things that we have around us - computers and cell phones and so on?… — Tim Harford Copy Share Image
“For the first time in economic history, we face an inversion with no obvious landing place. We are the generation that will… — Emad Mostaque Copy Share Image
We won't make the weak stronger by making the strong weaker, as a very wise man once said. That applies to the… — Mario Draghi Copy Share Image
The best political economy is the care and culture of men; for, in these crises, all are ruined except such as are… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Canada is a malstructured. You could almost call it a failed economy, except that its natural resources are so rich that everybody… — Michael Hudson Copy Share Image
Today, you get better performance from a Ford Focus than a Ferrari from the mid-70s. [The Focus] is just as fast and… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
Also, the Federal Advisory Committee should be enlarged and reorganized. Members should be chosen for the broadest possible representation of the public… — Wright Patman Copy Share Image
Every dollar of SNAP benefits generates $1.84 in the economy in terms of economic activity. If people are able to buy a… — Tom Vilsack Copy Share Image
Spin-off technologies are changing the culture. Even if you don't become an engineer you could be a poet, a journalist, a lawyer,… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Trying to cut the deficit too far, too fast isn't working. The government must adopt a steadier, more balanced plan to get… — Ed Balls Copy Share Image
Simply put, some of our small towns need to modernize their infrastructure so that we can support efforts to grow the economy… — Ned Lamont Copy Share Image
The green movement got really hot really fast, but then the economy took a turn and it became clear exactly what's at… — Elizabeth Rogers Copy Share Image
The spirit of commerce is frugality, economy, moderation, labor, ponderance, tranquillity, order, and rule. So long as this spirit subsides, the riches… — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
Property should be in a general sense common, but as a general rule private... In well-ordered states, although every man has his… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
I think, overall, India is today on the move. The economic reforms that our salvation lies in - operating an open society,… — Manmohan Singh Copy Share Image
Every generation faces a challenge. In the 1930s, it was the creation of Social Security. In the 1960s, it was putting a… — Eileen Claussen Copy Share Image
I'm going to be specific so you can render your verdict. Let's go to North Africa, she was the chief engineer of… — Chris Christie Copy Share Image
Right now, the economy is a whole lot like a fairly good-looking brain-dead chick in a persistent vegetative coma. You can't really… — Cintra Wilson Copy Share Image
If you cut taxes on the rich, they'll get so excited and go into so much busy economic activity, that the economy… — Greg Palast Copy Share Image
A market economy is a tool - a valuable and effective tool - for organizing productive activity. A market society is a… — Michael Sandel Copy Share Image
While no inference is intended here, it is worth noting, in connection with Milton Friedman's comment that "Kelso just turned Marx upside… — Louis O. Kelso Copy Share Image
What we want as an economy is companies and people, you know, working hard to come up with creative ways to be… — Adam Davidson Copy Share Image
If you economically empower a woman, she represents enormous opportunity that can actually be transformative not only for her family and for… — Sheryl WuDunn Copy Share Image
The government doesn't run the economy. The economy is run by the private sector. The job of the president is to ensure… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
With all the negativity going on in the world right now, people need an escape. When you give them a hit record… — Pitbull Copy Share Image
If it is widely assumed that the new President cannot move forward simply because of a narrow victory, there can easily develop… — Richard V. Allen Copy Share Image
The carrying out of the Potsdam Agreement has, however, been obstructed by the failure of the Allied Control Council to take the… — James F. Byrnes Copy Share Image
For conservation to succeed, we must embrace conservation models where people use their natural resources to create jobs, to grow economies, and… — David Jeremiah Barron Copy Share Image
I think Taiwan's economy needs an overall structural readjustment. Our new model focuses on innovation and research. This is different from our… — Tsai Ing-wen Copy Share Image