Economics Quote by Michael Spence

Properly targeted public investment can do much to boost economic performance, generating aggregate demand quickly, fueling productivity growth by improving human capital, encouraging technological…

— Michael Spence

In the long run, greater investment would mean greater productivity and income growth.

— Bob Frank

A rise in the level of saving can reduce aggregate activity temporarily but only a sustained high level of saving makes it possible to…

— Martin Feldstein

Productivity gains are vital to long-term growth because they typically translate into higher incomes, in turn boosting demand. That process takes time, of course…

— Michael Spence

The directing motive, the end and aim of capitalist production, is to extract the greatest possible amount of surplus value, and consequently to exploit…

— Karl Marx

Increased business sales would almost certainly raise the productive capacity of the economy by encouraging additional capital spending, especially if accompanied by reduced uncertainty…

— Janet Yellen

The profit motive promotes economic growth by creating better products at cheaper prices.

— Mark Skousen

Investment will lead to employment; employment means better income; it means selling more cars.

— Winfried Vahland

“The enabling side of this process is the ongoing increase in production capability with more physical capital, more human capital and more efficient production…

— Edward A. Hudson

Economically Targeted Investing, or ETI, refers to the practice of selecting investments, in part, for their collateral benefits in addition to the investment return…

— Tom Perez

It is investment, i.e. the increased production of material wealth in the shape of capital goods, which alone increases national wealth.

— John Maynard Keynes

So there is a natural efficiency that you pick up as you can prioritize capital across a bigger set of opportunities.

— Bill Vaughan