Economic Decisions Quotes

One of the most important branches of the Egyptian economy is tourism. No bikinis, no tourism. So they have to decide what to do.

This is not the time for knee jerk populist reactions to problems. These will only discourage foreign investment and make matters worse.

A very great percentage of our people see only from $200 to $600 cash in hand during the course of a year, and many, many others have incomes under $1000 or ranging from $1000 to $2000 a year. This problem involves so many people that we cannot just say "Let the government solve it." We, as a people, must solve it by deciding on the type of social and economic philosophy which we wish to see established in this country. When we know what changes we want, we can then set government machinery to work to accomplish them, but the people themselves must know what it is they wish to do.

The economy is not immutable; it's not about natural laws. It's about rules, and we make the rules.

Hitler's economic revolution in Germany had reduced financial considerations to a point where they played no role in economic or political decisions.

Treat all economic questions from the viewpoint of the consumer, for the interests of the consumer are the interests of the human race.

The foundations of a strong economy don't rest alone on the decisions of Chancellors or the spending programmes of government.

Our wise men flattered us into the adoption of the banking system under the idea that boundless wealth would result from the adoption.

In a capitalist democracy there are essentially two methods by which social choices can be made: voting, typically used to make ‘political’ decisions, and the market mechanism, typically used to make ‘economic’ decisions.

Irrespective of economic theories, we will take decisions in the larger interest of the poor people.

The present tax codes inhibit the mobility and formation of capital, add complexities and inequities which undermine the morale of the taxpayer, and make tax avoidance rather than market factors a prime consideration in too many economic decisions.

The great allure of government programs in general for many people is that these programs allow decisions to be made without having to worry about the constraints of prices, which confront people at every turn in a free market.

When better business decisions are made, economists won't make them.

Women oftentimes are the ones making those economic decisions, sitting around the kitchen table and trying to figure out how to pay for rising gas prices or food prices or the health insurance costs.

What you don't do, if you're an adult, is decide that you're going to budget things through a sequester. What does that word have to do with budgeting? It's like if you have a family budget and go, 'We really don't know what to take out economically from the budget, so we're going to whack out protein for this week.'

We are at a crossroads over how the federal government in Washington and state legislatures and city councils across the land allocate their financial resources. Which fork we take will say a lot about Americans and our values.

And as a Member of this body, I believe firmly that States do have rights, and I believe that local communities have rights, and they have made decisions to allow these businesses to prosper as they are a big part of their economy.

By necessity, budgets require hard choices.

[There will be movement toward] behavioral economics... [which] involves study of those aspects of men's images, or cognitive and affective structures that are more relevant to economic decisions.

Specific policy decisions would be absolutely necessary to promote the UK. It's not necessarily borrowing more or changing our current account status.

What you don't want to have is tax-driven economic activity.

And it's important to remember we are all responsible - or certainly the elected members in Washington of both parties are responsible for making decisions and choices to ensure that the economy grows and jobs are created.

Census data influences decisions made from Main Street to Wall Street, in Congress and with the Federal Reserve. Not to mention, the American people who look to, and trust, the data the government releases on our nation's unemployment, state of our economy, and health insurance coverage.

I always think people vote with their wallets and their pocketbooks.

I think, to a certain extent the economy and these decisions I made to protect the country matter a lot.