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The 1930s had been a time of tremendous economic distress. And the unemployment rate was enormously high by any historic standard.
Global interdependence today means that economic disasters in developing countries could create a backlash on developed countries.
These are challenging times for all Americans. We face the specter of war abroad and a steady stream of bad economic news at home.
The economic crisis really affected my family - 2006 to 2011 were really bad times. Almost everybody in my family lost their jobs.
The power of the State must be invoked for restoring economic freedom just as it has been invoked for destroying economic freedom.
For a nation, the choices that determine whether income doubles in one generation or two dwarf all other economic policy concerns.
Obama's economic policies obviously have not worked, and have left the American market place with enormous uncertainty and anxiety.
Advertising is a valuable economic factor because it is the cheapest way of selling goods, particularly if the goods are worthless.
The negative side to globalization is that it wipes out entire economic systems and in doing so wipes out the accompanying culture.
For the only way in which a durable peace can be created is by world-wide restoration of economic activity and international trade.
Economic systems come, and economic systems go. No economic system lasts forever. Capitalism is not likely to last forever, either.
Economic support from the rest of the Arab states to the fledgling Palestinian Authority in the West Bank is virtually non-existent.
The foundation of collectivism is simple: There should be no important economic differences among people. No one should be too rich.
I am not an economist... I am not a business technician. I am a revolutionary, and I do what is right for an economic revolutionary.
It seems pretty clear that the Internet has an important economic role to play for China as it reaches out to the rest of the world.
Upon leaving the E.U., Britain will find itself with more opportunities for economic innovation than at any time in almost 50 years.
Nothing takes the sting out of these tough economic times like watching a bunch of millionaires giving golden statues to each other.
What we need is more money back in the hands of Americans of any economic standing and so raising taxes right now doesnt make sense.
I will sacrifice my comfort, my convenience, my economic position in order to stand in protest, but not impose that on everyone else.
Corporate competition is fierce, viewed by many as economic warfare where all is fair. But politics... now, this is something unique.
Marriage is simply an economic necessity, and so there are no elaborate courtship displays or marriage celebrations among the Eskimo.
When Roosevelt came along, I approved of his program, generally. I figured an economic system should work for people, not vice versa.
Our ability to effectively engage China and the Arab world rests on shared economic and political interests and mutual understanding.
U.S. foreign policy is in every area impacted by ethnic groups of one sort or another as well as economic groups and regional groups.
Art is the beautiful way of doing things. Science is the effective way of doing things. Business is the economic way of doing things.
You've got to have tax reform to get faster economic growth. Faster economic growth is necessary for us to get our debt under control.
Geoffrey Howe's Budget of 1981 is remembered for transforming the economy and delivering economic freedoms to families and businesses.
If greater openness is a key to economic success, I believe there is increasingly a need for openness in the political sphere as well.
We must acknowledge that issues like systemic racism, economic inequality, and the achievement gap are the result of manmade policies.
With impressive proof on all sides of magnificent progress, no one can rightly deny the fundamental correctness of our economic system.
To have to introduce a new product at the worst economic time in the last 50 years probably wasn't the greatest thing to have happened.
I've never believed in lower wages. Never. Never believed in lower wages, I've never believed in lower wages as an economic instrument.
In many spheres of human endeavor, from science to business to education to economic policy, good decisions depend on good measurement.
Economic crimes are complex in nature, difficult to untangle, and they must be investigated according to the procedures set by the law.
You can be an extreme materialist, thinking that economic development ultimately determines everything; then you are truly ideological.
We complain of the increased tempo of our lives, but our frenetic lives are just reflection of the economic system that we have created.
Globalisation is not something that we can hold off or turn off. It is the economic equivalent of a force of nature, like wind or water.
What gets in our way is history and culture and religion and economic conditions. It is part of the hypnosis of our social conditioning.
[The consumer is] the supreme mover of economic order... for whom all goods are made and towards whom all economic activity is directed.
Fair treatment in the work force is no longer exclusively a labor issue, nor is it a women's issue - it is a fundamental economic issue.
At the bottom of education, at the bottom of politics, even at the bottom of religion, there must be for our race economic independence.
Fascism is the consequence of economic jam and dictatorship is the product of Fascism, for Fascism cannot be managed save by a dictator.
The Civil Rights for Musicians Act is about economic justice for African American artists. It's about what's right. And it's about time.
The WTO has one of the most impressive records in global economic governance, by promoting trade liberalisation and economic development.
In 80% of the world, energy will be bought where it is economic. You have to help the rest of the world get energy at a reasonable price.
Learning is not just a labour market or economic growth issue. It is an integral part of human development. We learn from birth to death.
New highways, ports, and runways appear economically foolish if we don't understand the economic growth that flows from such investments.
You raise taxes during an economic crisis time, as we did in - back in the time of Herbert Hoover, you send the country into a depression.
Could it be that violence is as much a part of the American identity as the Constitution, and a vital component to its economic stability?
Adam Smith was aware of the way that economic interests could have a distorting and destructive effect both on the market and on politics.