Economic Growth Quotes

If we are going to carry on growing, and we will, because no country is going to forfeit its right to economic growth, we have to find a way of doing it sustainably.

The basic idea was that if a country would put its economy as an integrated piece of the world system, that it would benefit from that with economic growth. I concur with that basic view.

Including the value of natural resources and our social capital in national accounting is a vital step to achieve economic growth that is equitable and sustainable.

The profit motive promotes economic growth by creating better products at cheaper prices.

Decreasing economic growth and increasing inequality leads to increased uncertainty.

Here's the problem if you keep raising tax rates: You slow down economic growth.

If we boost productivity, we can improve economic growth.

The standard growth theory tells us that economic growth in per capita basis comes from mainly two sources: capital deepening and total factor productivity growth, or TFP growth.

Energy is the golden thread that connects economic growth, increased social equity, and an environment that allows the world to thrive.

We have to find climate-friendly ways of encouraging economic growth. The good news is we think they exist.

Obama's explanation for the slowdown in economic growth is that the public sector is hurting, and that's where Washington must step in and act.

The link between peace and stability on the one hand, and social and economic growth on the other, is dialectic. Peace, poverty, and backwardness cannot mix in one region.

Energy is necessary for economic growth, for a better quality of life, and for human progress.

It is clear that a temporary increase in the cap is needed to ensure high-tech companies can hire the specialized personnel they need to continue to help fuel California's economic growth.

Promoting job creation and economic growth in the Hudson Valley is one of my top priorities in Congress.

Innovations that drive lasting economic growth emerge from the most advanced science, mathematics and technology.

I'm fundamentally not interested in the Fortune 500 companies - in US, Mexico, anywhere. The real backbones of economic growth are small and medium businesses.

What is most important for Europe is economic growth and jobs, security at home and safety in the world.

The increased global linkages promote economic growth in the world through two key mechanisms: the division of labor and the international spillovers of knowledge.

Economic growth is not only unncessary, but ruinous.

You've got to have tax reform to get faster economic growth. Faster economic growth is necessary for us to get our debt under control.

Economic growth is the most important initiative every governor faces.

Once government's objectives were economic growth and social cohesion. Now they are prosperity, fairness and environmental care

The biggest - one of the biggest barriers to driving economic growth is the capital gains tax rate. I propose taking it to zero.

You can't fuel real economic growth with indiscriminate credit. You can only fuel it with well-allocated, long-term investment.

I was the chairman of the Budget Committee and the lead architect the last time it happened in Washington, and when we did it we had great economic growth, we cut taxes, and we had a big surplus.

It is precisely through falling prices that the fruits of increased productivity and economic growth are spread throughout the market economy.

The Kyoto Protocol is a death pact, however strange it may sound, because its main aim is to strangle economic growth and economic activity in countries that accept the protocol's requirements.

Progress is not striving for economic justice or fairness, but economic growth.

The best way to deal with the deficit is through economic growth.

All taxes are a drag on economic growth. It's only a question of degree.

Our vision is not just of economic growth, but also of a growth which would improve the life of the common man.

The income tax is flawed for a number of reasons - it discourages economic growth and encourages a bloated government.

Fighting climate change isn't just an obligation we owe to future generations. It's also an opportunity to improve public health - and drive economic growth - in the here and now.

Economic growth won't feed a growing population living on this finite planet

I want Canada to be the country that is the best in the world at combining economic growth, social justice and environmental sustainability.

What I know is that if you put the right policies in place that will lead to economic growth, society will be better.

We agreed that our economic and financial teams will remain in close contact as we stay focused on ensuring economic growth and financial stability.

Economic growth which strips out the planet’s ecosystems is not sustainable

I can't understand why the Democratic parties seem so hostile to economic growth and business.

Banks should contribute to the real economy, make a positive contribution to economic growth.

will stifle economic growth, destroy jobs, reduce revenues, and increase the deficit.

One cannot have economic growth without security.

In short, both experience and economic theory imply that the US could now t to a more competitive dollar without experiencing either increased inflation or decreased economic growth.

We have seen economic growth. But we have not seen earnings growth.

It was absolutely critical to renew the Bush tax cuts. Letting them expire would result in a massive tax increase that would retard economic growth.

When you're in an economic downturn, what you want is to create jobs and economic growth. And the recipe isn't Republican or Democrat. It's low taxes, low spending, less regulation, free trade.

Indeed, I find it illuminating to consider to what extent our "classical conditions" for economic growth are satisfied in the current, monopolistic phase of capitalism.

Economic growth as we have known it is over and done with.

It's not enough to have economic growth. You have to distribute wealth throughout all of society.