To maintain their own competitiveness, workers need to attain and stay current on the qualifications needed to advance in a constantly evolving economy. – Elaine Chao
We’ve suffered a ‘Ponzification’ of the economy in recent years, as bubbles have built up and then burst, and each time we act as though it’s the first time. – Mitchell Zuckoff
The economy is too weak right now. We need to jump-start it. The American Jobs Act will provide that jump-start, to help us into next year and the year after that. – David Plouffe
Globalization has produced a new of level of interdependence among us. The economy and multinational supply chains do not abide by political boundaries. A computer ordered in Brazil is designed in California and assembled in several other countries. Economic integration was the first strong evidence of a new era. – Eduardo Paes
Even as China’s growth slows, it will continue to be a powerhouse for the global economy. – George Osborne
Filipino businessmen must have the ability to compete freely in the global economy. – Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Arizona should be to the Sharing Economy what Texas is to Oil and what Silicon Valley used to be to the tech industry. – Doug Ducey
There are two Americas – separate, unequal, and no longer even acknowledging each other except on the barest cultural terms. In the one nation, new millionaires are minted every day. In the other, human beings no longer necessary to our economy, to our society, are being devalued and destroyed. – David Simon
Our economy is creating jobs and giving businesses the conditions they need to invest and succeed. – Dennis Hastert
The modern economy isn’t about the redistribution of wealth, it’s about the redistribution of time. – Douglas Coupland
President Obama is the kind of politician who puts promises on the record, and then calls that the record. But we are four years into this presidency. The issue is not the economy as Barack Obama inherited it, not the economy as he envisions it, but this economy as we are living it. – Paul Ryan
China is a BRIC country. BRIC country means Brazil, Russia, India and China. This emerging economy really is helping the revival of the world economy. – Michael Anti
No matter how wealthy a few plutocrats get, we can never drive a great national economy. Only a thriving middle class can do that. – Nick Hanauer
If we didn’t have the rest of the world growing, the United States economy would be in much worse shape than it is today. – Fareed Zakaria
Our economy is increasingly dependent on the success and integrity of the financial markets. – Michael Douglas
What we collectively decide about how to bail out our economy, how to pull our economy out of a ditch and what rules we put in place to make sure this problem does not happen again, will shape our country for the next 50 years. This is it. – Elizabeth Warren
The first question we would ask if aliens landed on this planet is not, ‘What does this mean for the economy or jobs?’ It would be, ‘Are they friendly or unfriendly?’ – Peter Thiel
The economy grows when families can spend money on personal priorities rather than priorities imposed by the federal government. – Mike Crapo
If we save people from HIV/AIDS, if we save them from malaria, it means they can form the base of production for our economy. – Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
I’m a Conservative who believes in lower taxes. They lead to a more enterprising economy. But I’m not somebody who believes you can fund lower taxes by borrowing more money. – George Osborne
It is time to move on. House prices won’t rise and the economy won’t fully engage until more distressed properties are resolved and put back into ordinary use. – Mark Zandi
We need scientists and mathematicians explaining why they are excited about their subjects but also why they are important for solving social problems, informing political debate and for the economy. – Marcus du Sautoy
The debt and the deficit is just getting out of control, and the administration is still pumping through billions upon trillions of new spending. That does not grow the economy. – Paul Ryan
I felt Nigeria didn’t have to succumb to the image of being a corrupt country; we didn’t have to let the economy stagnate. – Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
The fact that the Conservatives are losing voters to UKIP while struggling to attract those who voted for other parties in 2010 suggests they have still not successfully shown what a Conservative government is for. This needs to be done on a broad front in a way that encompasses the economy and public services. – Michael Ashcroft
Poland is one of the few countries that can afford to conduct a conventional monetary policy and that means we have to act against the buildup of imbalances in the economy. – Marek Belka
It’s a market economy. Apparently the demand for great coaches exceeds the supply, so of course the price of good coaches is going to be high. – Michael Gartner