George Osborne Quotes

If we start thinking simply nationally, and we start having policies that try and restrict the benefits only within our borders, and try and implement protectionist measures as a consequence, this will not have the effect we need to have on the global economy. And that's ultimately the global economy that's pulling most of us down, particularly countries like Canada, that aren't the source of these current economic troubles.

It's good for America when the rest of the world grows, because you can sell more to the rest of the world.

The major economies are not American anymore. They are Asian and South American.

As economic globalization gathers momentum, China and the United States have become highly interdependent economically. Such economic relations would not enjoy sustained, rapid growth if they were not based on mutual benefit or if they failed to deliver great benefits to the United States.

Nonetheless, the developing countries must be able to reap the benefits of international trade.

Wealthy nations cannot grow richer unless they have customers beyond their border.

We are only 5 percent of the world's population and 20 percent of the world's economy. We have to be able to trade in order to grow.

New Zealand obviously is fully integrated into the global economy.

When our economy grows, it is good for the world. When the world economy grows, it is good for the United States.

As we work to promote greater economic opportunity for the American people, we must always remember that the American economy is deeply integrated with the global economy. That brings challenges but even greater opportunities.

We all have to think about the emerging markets.

The OECD should promote everything that's consistent with its mandate, which is to make the world economy work better.

Technology is probably the single biggest driver of productivity gains for the developed countries. For example, I think it's much more important than free trade.

We live in a world community, and economic contact has partly contributed to that. It’s also the case that economic opportunity opened up by economic contact has helped to a great extent to reduce poverty in many parts of the world.

Whether they will or not, Americans must now begin to look outward. The growing production of the country demands it.

Globalization is a reality. And this makes most leaders today realize that populist illusions can't be sustained before they collapse into stagnation and leave their political supporters deeply disillusioned. You can't inflate away your troubles or allow mountains of debt to build up if, as a country, you have to make your living in a globally competitive environment... Building prosperity requires caution and patience. It requires time. Populism is a short cut that doesn't work.

The world economy is not yet a community--not even an economic community...Yet the existence of the "global shopping center" is a fact that cannot be undone. The vision of an economy for all will not be forgotten again.

I think if you want good things to happen for a country like Haiti, then you need to provide the circumstances where the Haitians can do that.

I think essentially if you look at British public debate around the issues of our interconnectedness with the global economy you do not find a ready audience, of any large scale, for pulling up the shutters.

The globalized nature of production and innovation means that the benefits don't necessarily stay in the country where the investments are made.

I think we need to lift our spirits and have high, lofty expectations for this great country of ours.The new normal of two percent [growth] that the left is saying you can't do anything about is so dangerous for our country.

I think it's hypocritical to complain about the rise of China. For 50 years, we were telling everybody in the world that the big threat was Communism, so now the countries that were Communists are now rampant capitalists - and they're doing very well, in some ways much better than the UK. Well, we asked for it. We told them that's what you have to do, and they're doing it, buying up your biggest hotels in New York. You have to laugh.

The Golden Straitjacket is the defining political-economic garment of globalization. [...] The tighter you wear it, the more gold it produces.

In a global economy where our economies and supply chains are deeply integrated, it's not even possible.

To realize the full possibilities of this economy, we must reach beyond our own borders, to shape the revolution that is tearing down barriers and building new networks among nations and individuals, and economies and cultures: globalization. It's the central reality of our time.