Jobs Quotes by James Surowiecki

10 Jobs quotes by James Surowiecki

Surowiecki’s analytical eye focuses on employment in ten brief statements. This short set gives a clear sense of his measured, data‑informed perspective.

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You'll sometimes hear from people that they actually do a better job of getting their work done when they have a lot…

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Procrastination also can be a way of self-handicapping: if you don't do a great job, you can always say to yourself, "If…

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The paradox of Steve Jobs's career is that he had no interest in listening to consumers - he was famously dismissive of…

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A general principle of good taxation is that similar jobs, and similar kinds of compensation, should be taxed the same way: otherwise,…

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Older people do a better job of managing their impulses, and so they're better able to put off putting off.

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Being out of a job can erode people's confidence and their sense of possibility; and employers, often unfairly, tend to take long-term…

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What an economy really wants, after all, is not more investment per se but better investment. It wants capital to flow to…

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Steve Jobs was rare: a C.E.O. who actually had a huge impact on his company's fortunes. Contrary to corporate mythology, most C.E.O.s…

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Of course, looking tough on inflation is part of any central banker's job description: if investors believe that inflation is going to…

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This intelligence, or what I'll call "the wisdom of crowds," is at work in the world in many different guises. It's the…

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Lack of confidence, sometimes alternating with unrealistic dreams of heroic success, often leads to procrastination, and many studies suggest that procrastinators are self-handicappers: rather…

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Corporations hope that the right concept will turn things around overnight. This is what you might call the crash-diet approach: starve yourself for a…

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If you thought the advent of the Internet, the spread of cheap and efficient information technology, and the growing fragmentation of the consumer market…

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There's no debt limit in the Constitution.

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The financial crisis of 2008 was not caused by investment banks betting against the housing market in 2007. It was caused by the fact…

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A consumer-finance agency is a good thing, but it would do well to teach consumers a simple lesson: if you don't understand the deal…

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What corporations fear is the phenomenon now known, rather inelegantly, as 'commoditization.' What the term means is simply the conversion of the market for…

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Making loans and fighting poverty are normally two of the least glamorous pursuits around, but put the two together and you have an economic…

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