Economic Context Quotes

We are becoming so accustomed to millions and billions of dollars that 'thousands' has almost passed out of the dictionary.

We started out covering income inequality in the magazine [Mother Jones], but that ongoing body of work positioned - and sourced - us well to put both Occupy and the 47 percent in context.

The truth of good economic doctoring is to know the general principles, and to really know the specifics. To understand the context, and also, to understand that an economy may need some tender loving care, not just the so-called hard truths, if it's going to get by.

Russia exists in the context of open global economy and is a part of it

A government can do only what is feasible given the political and economic context.

Monetary policy ultimately must be conducted in a pragmatic manner that relies not on any particular indicator or model but, instead, reflects an ongoing assessment of a wide range of information in the context of our ever-evolving understanding of the economy.

For the writers I have worked with and for me, the relationship between the personal comedy of daily life and the economic context in which that life happens has always been very significant.

A glass of whisky in Scotland in the thirties cost less than a cup of tea.

Growing up in a specific area has a certain sociological and economic reason, so I'm interested in using myself as a case study to look as those things.

[Internet] is kind of like a hammer. The technology itself doesn't determine how its used. It depends on the social, cultural and economic context in which the technology is made available.

The principles applied in economic processes are general social principles.

Rather than ask, What is the attitude of a work to the relations of production of its time? I should like to ask, What is its position in them.

Ours is a capitalist society. It is therefore inevitable that, in part- and I repeat- in part- we must address this goal of deracialisation within the context of the property relations characteristics of a capitalist economy.

For me, geopolitical issues are becoming more important, because how can you understand economy if you don't understand geopolitics? People think economists just deal with spreadsheets and charts. That's a narrow-minded caricature.

One of the fairly interesting things about money is that it makes certain things possible that wouldn't be possible otherwise - it doesn't make them inevitable. Hence the strange blindness of economists to what would actually happen when one does exchange things if there isn't money in such contexts.

Capitalism is first and foremost a historical social system.

Rich people in one country don't act the same as rich people in another country.

Economic problems have no sharp edges. They shade off imperceptibly into politics, sociology, and ethics. Indeed, it is hardly an exaggeration to say that the ultimate answer to every economic problem lies in some other field.

I believe that we must understand the economy of the situation.

Art is more than a series of images that are disembodied. Art is objects that live in real places, economies, spaces, architecture.

Compared to today's salaries, our cut was minuscule but it was very good for the time.

If you've got a business - you didn't build that.