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The very fact that we find it hard to conceive of an alternative to limitless economic growth is an indication of our spiritual condition.
Amid all the job losses of the Great Recession, there is one category of worker that the economic disruption has been good for: nonhumans.
The Chinese government clearly sees Internet and mobile innovation as a major driver of its global economic competitiveness going forward.
The euphoria around economic booms often obscures the possibility for a bust, which explains why leaders typically miss the warning signs.
Grouping and mutuality of countries and peoples in the Balkans is the only road that leads to economic, national and political liberation.
We have believed - and we do believe now - that freedom is indivisible, that peace is indivisible, that economic prosperity is indivisible
Too often we shape our public positions on the basis of our economic connections. That brings us dangerously close to economic determinism.
Partly because of the desperate economic situation in the country, what were once the leading institutions of conservatism are constrained.
My definition of feminism is a social, political, economic system by which all genders are valued, respected, and can live dignified lives.
I don't put Tesla in the Amazon category. They have not proved to me that, as a financial model and an economic model, it is going to work.
Nationalism is a tool increasingly used by leaders to bolster their authority, especially amid difficult economic and political conditions.
I think it is just stupid economics for a government to approach economic management from a strand of thinking regarding unions as enemies.
The basic economic resource - the means of production - is no longer capital, nor natural resources, nor labor. It is and will be knowledge.
Conservatives in Government must make the case that lowering the tax burden boosts economic growth and leads to an increase in tax revenues.
Management is the gate through which social and economic and political change, indeed change in every direction, is diffused though society.
The upshot of Mr. Trump's economic policy positions under almost any scenario is that the U.S. economy will be more isolated and diminished.
Most economic fallacies derive from the tendency to assume that there is a fixed pie, that one party can gain only at the expense of another.
For Republicans, tort reform and its health care analogue, malpractice reform, speak to the goal of stronger economic growth and lower costs.
I think the media has to continually remind itself, and I think we do but sometimes not well enough that we're not just an economic property.
Economic growth is important. But we cannot count on economic growth alone to fund the public education system our children need and deserve.
Empowering the individual means empowering the nation. And empowerment is best served through rapid economic growth with rapid social change.
The two major challenges for the 21st century are to improve the economic situation of the majority and save as much of the planet as we can.
Reconciliation requires changes of heart and spirit, as well as social and economic change. It requires symbolic as well as practical action.
The social and economic impact of innovative American researchers, companies, and workers over the course of U.S. history have been enormous.
Every global concern - economic, environmental or security-related - can be addressed more effectively when the U.S. and China work together.
A lot of attention has been going to social values - abortion, gay rights, other divisive issues - but economic values are equally important.
The discrimination of women and girls goes to the core of any and all analyses of the world's economic, political, and environmental problems.
'Dead Aid' is about the inefficacy and the limitations of large-scale aid programs in creating economic growth and reducing poverty in Africa.
In order to consolidate the euro we need to harmonise our economic, fiscal and social policies, hence we are going toward greater integration.
Ever since economists revealed how much universities contribute to economic growth, politicians have paid close attention to higher education.
Economic inequality is a corrosive force that undermines economic growth, puts a brake on the fight against poverty, and sparks social unrest.
The truth is that neither British nor American imperialism was or is idealistic. It has always been driven by economic or strategic interests.
It makes no sense to talk of the social obligations of the corporation without reference to its economic obligations. The two are intertwined.
The program of liberalism if condensed into a single word, would have to read: property, that is, private ownership of the means of production.
It was clear soon after his election that Obama, like FDR, wanted to start dealing with the economic crisis immediately after his inauguration.
Economic conservatives like immigration reform, and in fact, many of them supported the bill that John McCain and I put together in the Senate.
There is a respectable body of economic thought that holds that casino gambling is actually economically regressive to a state and a community.
I am shocked that Republicans can't explain why our technological and economic advantages are the result of sound monetary and economic policy.
When the consumer is strong, the American economy will be strong, so consumer protection actually serves economic growth and economic progress.
It's true across the U.K. that those who had least to do with causing the economic crisis are carrying the heaviest burden. That's unacceptable.
The financial crisis should not become an excuse to raise taxes, which would only undermine the economic growth required to regain our strength.
When both women and men contribute to a country's economic life on an equal basis, they help building stronger societies and stronger economies.
The people of Kashmir are our people, and we will do everything to ensure they are a part of the process of making India an economic superpower.
America's trade policy has an enormous impact on the economic well-being of the American people and the strategic interests of the United States.
We all knew this. We all knew that it would take more time than any of us want to dig ourselves out of this hole created by this economic crisis.
Along this road of spending, the government either takes over, which is Socialism, or dictates institutional and economic life, which is Fascism.
For the sake of our health, our children and grandchildren and even our economic well-being, we must make protecting the planet our top priority.
We need peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific region. It is important to have political and security stability to build up our economic growth.
What I have done is to show the importance for the working of the economic system of what may be termed the institutional structure of production.
What we have is a more sophisticated form of imperialism, which is economic. But lurking in the background, always ready to go, is an armed force.