Gerhard Schroder Quotes

I think the market driven economic system is the most productive system, but to have that work in the world, you've got to also have social investments to go along with that.

I wanted to be clear that Republicans will continue to be a champion for expanding economic freedom to trade. It is at the heart of our free-enterprise system.

Is the investment community critical to our economic success? Yes. Free markets, innovation, access to credit, venture capital, and strong labor rights - these have been the underpinnings of our economic vitality, from laying railways to broadband lines.

A finance minister should have a basic understanding of the country, know where the shoe pinches and, hence, have some compassion in policy formulation. An ability to understand economic issues should certainly be there.

The degree to which society creates wealth, I think, is largely determined by government and financial systems.

Everybody has to remember that economics is very tied to politics.

Successful economies in the modern world are not sheepish about the power and responsibility of the state.

There is a strong link between the following three things: exporting, manufacturing and the degree of saving by the population. It's complicated, but if the population doesn't save, the economy will not tend to export as much, and if it doesn't export as much, it won't manufacture enough.

I know it's going to be the private sector that leads this country out of the current economic times we're in. You can spend your money better than the government can spend your money.

We have to change economic policy: create confidence, foster investment, cut the public deficit, restructure taxation and reform the labor laws.

Entitlements seem to grow with prosperity; not only because they are indexed to inflation or GDP, but also because a prosperous country tells itself it can afford more benefits.

But as you say, the fundamental stumbling block is the question of the future of the economy. And it's not just the sort of economic laboratory question, of what kind of system would best generate growth, which is the way it's presented.

As America's head coach, President Obama needs to make some big and smart adjustments to jump-start economic growth and business investment, stimulate job creation, and get wages up for ordinary Americans.

The realities of the modern global economy require government to play a substantial role in ensuring the national and economic security of the people.

I'm an economist by training. And I know that what works is a permanent increase in buying power.

Republicans believe largely in the market working, Democrats believe stereotypically that you've got to give people something. So why not give people a chance to let the market work for them.

In this day and age, a big economy – a modern economy – just cannot be managed from the top.

The first thing that any President must do to lead effectively on economic issues is to persuade the country that trade matters.

The economy is the creation of the personal initiative of private citizens….Public authorities also must play an active role in promoting increased productivity with a view to social progress and the welfare of all citizens.

The bottom line of a successful economic policy is jobs.

It is not our foreign trade that has caused the wonderful growth and expansion of the Republic.

It is not the Federal government that makes prosperity in this country.

In today’s world, a government that controls a vast tract of territory may be less relevant than one that supports education and embraces a regulatory framework promoting innovation and investment.

To reduce inequality, employment must be sustained by appropriate macroeconomic policy.

Our problem number 1, 2 and 3 is economic development.