Can you imagine what will happen to the global economy if Iran comes out with a nuclear weapon? The whole area will enter a nuclear race – Saudi Arabia, Turkey. – Naftali Bennett
When you look at the state of the economy right now, you have to set a priority. And my top priority is the deficit of jobs and economic growth, and especially this perception that the United States could be falling behind especially Asian economies. – Mark Kirk
In the economy of the cuckoo people that populate central banks, everything is possible. What you have is gigantic bubbles, the NASDAQ in 2000, then the housing bubble and then commodities in 2008 when oil went from $78 to $147 before plunging to $32 within six months. – Marc Faber
Our rate moves will have an impact on the economy in 2013. Whether we raise or lower rates depends on how the economic situation develops. – Marek Belka
The reconnection of society, economy and ethics is a project we cannot postpone. – Michael D. Higgins
The ’80s to me, more than anything else, represents a time of real criminal activity in the office of the president: an incredibly disparate economy in terms of the class distinctions and whatnot, and a tremendous shallowness – a lot of sort of bank robbery by executives. – Martha Plimpton
Now, we love our auto industry. But if we had worked harder on diversifying this economy long ago, then if one of the legs of the stool starts to get wobbly, at least you’ve got three other legs to stand on. – Jennifer Granholm
Everyone, young and old, must have access to the knowledge and skills to participate in the evolving economy. – James H. Douglas, Jr.
The biggest source of getting the country to a balanced budget is not by raising taxes or by cutting spending. It’s by encouraging the growth of the economy. – Mitt Romney
Leaders at the highest levels of our government are undertaking a deliberate and systematic effort to redefine our government, our economy and our country. – Marco Rubio
Rogue economics is a sort of umbrella under which we find the criminal economy, the illegal economy, but also those gray areas, gray areas where there is not a proper regulation, where there is not legislation for the economy. – Loretta Napoleoni
If you repress rather than unlock the potential of large groups of Americans, what’s that going to do to our economy? It’s going to contract, not expand. – John Prendergast
I don’t think manufacturing should be looked at independently. It is part of the economy. So, when the economy does well, and when there is investment, the sector does well. – Jamshyd Godrej
The way to turn our economy around is not by making rich people poorer, it’s by making poor people richer. – Marco Rubio
Banks should contribute to the real economy, make a positive contribution to economic growth. – Jeroen Dijsselbloem
I don’t know the taxpayer has perhaps much of an understanding of just how much wealth has been and is being and can be created that flows through the economy and just how many jobs depend upon it. – John Anderson
A winner-takes-all economy that offers only limited access to the middle class is a recipe for democratic malaise and dereliction. – Klaus Schwab
In every jurisdictional area that I can get my fingers on, I want to move us away from the Washington insider economy. – Jeb Hensarling
What made me decide to run was the dire state of the economy and the non-leadership of President Obama. At that point in time, my campaign put a mustache on Obama as part of the national campaign drive. – Kesha Rogers
New tech explosions create winners and losers, but overall are remarkably positive for the country, middle-class folks, the economy, jobs, and wages. – Lawrence Kudlow
My own theory is that we are in the middle of a dramatic and broad technological and economic shift in which software companies are poised to take over large swathes of the economy. – Marc Andreessen
Our view is that economic isolationism is the wrong way to go. Vibrant, successful growing economies that advance the interests of their citizens engage the global economy. And, we’re committed to engaging the global economy. – John W. Snow
The easier question might be, ‘What isn’t Alibaba?’ The company is only 15 years old, but it has gotten so big over that timeframe that it basically touches every single part of the Chinese economy. I think the simplest comparison to draw is that it is like eBay and Amazon combined. – Kayla Tausche