Western democracies exalt the ideal of social equality, but our economic system arguably emerged from 16th-century Calvinism, a religion whose members believed that God showed favor by bestowing wealth and other forms of success on what they called '...
'Economics for Everybody' begins with understanding God's principles for organizing His creation and what that means for us as creatures and stewards.
One of the great political and economic challenges of our time is figuring out the balance between wealth that benefits society and wealth that distorts.
The great disadvantage of getting older is to be obliged to relive the salient economic events of one's youth, with nothing learned and nothing forgotten.
Great countries need to secure their border for national security purposes, for economic purposes and for rule of law purposes.
Open political and economic systems have been gaining ground and there's a good reason for it. They work better.
The lesson of history is that you do not get a sustained economic recovery as long as the financial system is in crisis.
What they fear, I think rightly, is that traditional Vietnamese society cannot survive the American economic and cultural impact.
Everywhere I go, I see incredible examples of communities that have a vision for transportation and how it will impact the quality of life, mobility, economics and opportunity.
The economics of being a playwright are abysmal. I like to think of the work I do out in Hollywood as a way to actually make a life in the theater easier.
In the EU you have half a billion people who share a common belief in democracy, in rights, in the kind of economic life we want.
As economic life relies more and more on the Internet, the potential for small bands of hackers to launch devastating attacks on the world economy is growing.
For women who have children, the economic difficulty of sustaining a life as an artist maybe makes it impossible. There's no maternity leave, there's no pension.
It has been shown that, in contrast to everything which classical national economy has hitherto taught, not the producer but the consumer is the ruling factor in economic life.
I've spent my entire life working to invest in human beings and human communities, to help them move down the path of economic development.
I am not a politician but I have dedicated the biggest part of my professional life to economic policy both in Greece and Europe.
Without better economic opportunity, you can't have better public security and vice versa.
One of the big take-aways from a lot of economic theory is that people should engage in consumption smoothing.
The poor pay more, and that's one of the reasons people get trapped at the bottom of the economic ladder.
Always remember: the alleviation of poverty is never a political or economic issue - it is moral.
Municipal networks expand economic opportunities. We've got to open new doors, not slam them shut.
