Joel C. Rosenberg Quotes

We have not been among the premier world savers and as a result we own less than we might.

The test of the rightfulness of our decisions must be whether we have sustained and advanced ... prosperity.

I came from a family who believed in the “Rights of Man,” who believed that in order to justify the sort of luxurious life that the majority of us have, related to the whole world, that you had to do something.

At the end of the day, if there are truly ethical considerations, those have to override scientific considerations.

This ought to be a season for cooperation in terms of pushing our economy forward, job creation, steadying the middle class, and laying the groundwork for a better future. And that's what we want to work on with Republicans and Democrats.

Examine each question in terms of what is ethically and aesthetically right, as well as what is economically expedient.

We have to choose between a global market driven only by calculations of short-term profit, and one which has a human face.

The State becomes society or humanity on the ethical side, a production and trade system on the economic side.

The reconnection of society, economy and ethics is a project we cannot postpone.

We have the capacity to create a remarkably different economy: one that can restore ecosystems and protect the environment while bringing forth innovation, prosperity, meaningful work, and true security.

To make sense of a world in which rapid change and globalisation create genuine insecurity, we need benchmarks by which we can judge our actions and their long-term impact.

We are now facing a problem more of ethics than of physics.

Because market forces and institutions are ethically indifferent, they require a deliberative, communal intelligence to prevent extreme injustice.

Unemployment undoubtedly is and always has been a scourge….The real tragedy is not unemployment per se, but unemployment plus the impossibility of providing adequately for the unemployed without impairing the conditions of further economic development.

Where human lives are concerned, time is always short, yet the world has witnessed the vast resources that governments can draw upon to rescue financial institutions deemed 'too big to fail.'

I believe growth should be constant, sustained and inclusive. It's only meaningful if these three things are there. Otherwise they're just economic figures.

A new business model based on old principles of social justice where people matter - now that's a revolutionary way to reduce inequality.

Globalization can be shaped to ensure that people matter.

But isn't it time for Christians to admit that we should reject bargains if they are gained by the exploitation of the poorest of the poor in developing countries?

The population problem has no technical solution; it requires a fundamental extension in morality.

The aspiration to save the world is a morbid phenomenon of today's youth.

If you have two coats you have stolen one. We have no right to have more than we need when someone else has less than they need.

Saving our planet, lifting people out of poverty, advancing economic growth – these are one and the same fight.

If you have the abilities to earn a lot of money and if you have the character to persist in giving that to the most effective charities you can find, then that may be the best thing that you can do. And - also, if you do become a Wall Street banker, I think you need to be aware of what you're doing in terms of your daily work, not just earning money to give a lot away. But you need to think about - am I harming people through the work that I'm doing?

If you're in a system where you must make profit in order to survive. You are compelled to ignore negative externalities, effects on others.