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Economics is all about consumption. People either spend money now or they use financial instruments - like bonds, stocks and savings accounts - so they can spend more later.

~Adam Davidson

Topics: About Accounts Bonds Consumption Economics Either Financial Instruments Later Like Money More Now People Savings Spend Stocks Use

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A healthy economy is largely a result of a reasonable balance between consumption today and consumption deferred, and it's pretty clear that balance has been ridiculously out of whack for a while.

~Adam Davidson

Topics: Balance Been Between Clear Consumption Economy Healthy Largely Out Pretty Reasonable Result Ridiculously Today Whack While

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Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production; and the interest of the producer ought to be attended to, only so far as it may be necessary for promoting that of the consumer.

~Adam Smith

Topics: Attended Consumer Consumption End Far Interest May Necessary Only Ought Producer Production Promoting Purpose Sole

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Shortly after Sisi was elected, his administration announced cuts of 'subsidies' on natural gas and energy consumption and lowered those for bread and other goods. Such action was taboo during the Mubarak and Sadat presidencies for over half a century, but Sisi was able to convince Egyptians he was taking necessary action.

~Ahmed Zewail

Topics: Able Action Administration After Announced Bread Century Consumption Convince Cuts Egyptians Elected Energy Energy Consumption Gas Goods Half He His Lowered Natural Natural Gas Necessary Other Over Subsidies Taboo Taking Those

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People know excessive consumption of anything is bad for health. By imposing a ban on something, we are, in a way, provoking them to do it.

~Akkineni Nagarjuna

Topics: Anything Bad Ban Consumption Excessive Health Imposing Know People Provoking Something Them Way

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At the outset of the creation of the euro in 1999, it was expected that the southern eurozone economies would behave like those in the north; the Italians would behave like Germans. They didn't. Instead, northern Europe fell into subsidizing southern Europe's excess consumption, that is, its current account deficits.

~Alan Greenspan

Topics: Account Behave Consumption Creation Current Deficits Economies Euro Europe Excess Expected Fell Germans Instead Italians Like North Northern Outset Southern Those Would

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I think unadulterated products and smaller portion sizes mean consumption of less food overall. Portion is everything. The first time I bought a scoop of ice cream in Paris, they weighed the ice cream on a scale before putting it on the cone. It was so small, it fell into the cone as she handed it to me.

~Alex Guarnaschelli

Topics: Before Bought Consumption Cream Everything Fell First First Time Food Handed Ice Ice Cream Less Me Mean Overall Paris Portion Products Putting Scale She Sizes Small Smaller Think Time Weighed I Think

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For carbon-neutral cities, there are things worth talking about in how our consumption patterns can change - sharing goods, etc. - but those are a fraction of the impacts of transportation and building energy use. If we need to choose priority actions, the most important things are to densify, provide transit, and green the buildings.

~Alex Steffen

Topics: About Actions Building Buildings Change Choose Cities Consumption Energy Etc Fraction Goods Green How Impacts Important Important Things Most Need Our Patterns Priority Provide Sharing Talking The Most Important Things Those Transit Transportation Use Worth

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Consumption may be regarded as negative production.

~Alfred Marshall

Topics: Consumption May Negative Production Regarded

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Government experts have estimated that ANWR reserves would only provide enough oil for six months of U.S. oil consumption. In addition, the oil industry itself has estimated that it would take 10 years to bring this oil to the market.

~Allyson Schwartz

Topics: Addition Bring Consumption Enough Estimated Experts Government Industry Itself Market Months Oil Only Provide Reserves Six Take Would Years

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