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Companies like Google and Facebook may offer jobs allowing or requiring imagination and creativity, but the whole of Silicon Valley accounts for only 3 percent of national income and a smaller percentage of national employment.

~Edmund Phelps

Topics: Accounts Allowing Companies Creativity Employment Facebook Google Imagination Income Jobs Like May National Offer Only Percent Percentage Requiring Silicon Silicon Valley Smaller Valley Whole

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The 1920s and 1930s were a period of sensational productivity growth: new products were springing up all over the place, and most of those new products and new methods were developed by people who started their own companies.

~Edmund Phelps

Topics: Companies Developed Growth Methods Most New New Products Over Own People Period Place Productivity Products Sensational Started Those Up Were Who 1920S 1930S

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With less competition to fear, companies are emboldened to raise their mark-ups and profits. That lifts share prices and thus the wealth of already wealthy shareholders.

~Edmund Phelps

Topics: Companies Competition Fear Less Lifts Prices Profits Raise Share Shareholders Thus Wealth Wealthy

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Capitalist systems function less well without state protection of investors, lenders, and companies against monopoly, deception, and fraud.

~Edmund Phelps

Topics: Against Capitalist Companies Deception Fraud Function Investors Less Monopoly Protection State Systems Well Without

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Multinational companies use their technological know-how in their foreign subsidiaries, so reciprocal multinational relationships are key - they lead to a vested interest in both countries to remaining open.

~Edward C. Prescott

Topics: Both Companies Countries Foreign Interest Key Lead Multinational Open Reciprocal Relationships Remaining Technological Use Vested Vested Interest

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I was very clear why we put these companies together and what our goals were. It was really to allow both Sears and Kmart to compete in what I thought was going to be a more challenging but evolving industry.

~Edward Lampert

Topics: Allow Both Challenging Clear Companies Compete Evolving Goals Going Industry More Our Put Really Thought Together Very Were Why

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No partnership between two independent companies, no matter how well run, can match the speed, effectiveness, responsiveness and efficiency of a solely owned company.

~Edward Whitacre, Jr.

Topics: Between Companies Company Effectiveness Efficiency How Independent Match Matter Owned Partnership Run Solely Speed Two Well

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I delivered lectures, and I was also a consultant for international companies in finance, both private equity and big venture capital funds.

~Ehud Barak

Topics: Also Big Both Capital Companies Consultant Delivered Equity Finance Funds International Lectures Private Venture Venture Capital

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With the globalization, it's difficult for governments to impose decisions on private companies.

~Ehud Barak

Topics: Companies Decisions Difficult Globalization Governments Impose Private

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Whether it's Facebook or Google or the other companies, that basic principle that users should be able to see and control information about them that they themselves have revealed to the companies is not baked into how the companies work. But it's bigger than privacy. Privacy is about what you're willing to reveal about yourself.

~Eli Pariser

Topics: Able About Baked Basic Bigger Companies Control Facebook Google How Information Other Principle Privacy Reveal Revealed See Should Than Them Themselves Users Whether Willing Work You Yourself

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