Characteristics Quote by Robert Trout

Prosperity and abundance in a society depend on a certain type of person: the producer. Societies with few producers stagnate and decay, while nations…

— Oliver DeMille

The quality of a society depends on its capacity to produce eminent personalities.

— Gonzalo Fernandez de la Mora

“In an abundant world, productivity is about eliminating bad habits; then adding good ones. In an abundant world, knowledge is about filtering, rather than…

— Vizi Andrei

Productivity depends on many factors, including our workforce's knowledge and skills and the quantity and quality of the capital, technology, and infrastructure that they…

— Janet Yellen

“Productivity, put simply, is the name we give our attempts to figure out the best uses of our energy, intellect, and time as we…

— Charles Duhigg

“Preindustrial living standards are predictable based on knowledge of disease and environment. Differences in social energy across societies were muted by the Malthusian constraints.…

— Gregory Clark

In order for a society to survive, it must generate a sufficient level of physical production both to meet its current needs, and to…

— Robert Trout

The measure of a society is not only what it does but the quality of its aspirations.

— Wade Davis

Productivity - the amount of output delivered per hour of work in the economy - is often viewed as the engine of progress in…

— Tim Jackson

All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.

— Calvin Coolidge

The history of man is dominated by, and reflects, the amount of available energy

— Frederick Soddy

The quality of a society will be judged by what the least privileged in it achieves.

— Robert K. Greenleaf