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While admiring the pleasing evidence of wealth, we become complicit in - or, at the very least, recognize the extent to which we, too, are beneficiaries of - an economic system we routinely deplore.

~Geoff Dyer

Topics: Admiring Become Beneficiaries Economic Economic System Evidence Extent Least Pleasing Recognize System Too Very Wealth Which While

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During the last economic slowdown in the 1990s, the Tories slashed infrastructure investment. I am determined not to make that mistake.

~Geoff Hoon

Topics: Am Determined Economic Infrastructure Investment Last Make Mistake Tories I Am 1990S

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Cities are, first of all, seats of the highest economic division of labor.

~Georg Simmel

Topics: Cities Division Economic First First Of All Highest Labor Seats

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Prior to the early 1960s, economic theorists rarely constructed models customized to capture unique institutions or specific market characteristics.

~George Akerlof

Topics: Capture Characteristics Constructed Early Economic Institutions Market Models Prior Rarely Specific Unique 1960S

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In the West, the basic economic and social unit is the individual; in Africa, it is the extended family or the collective.

~George Ayittey

Topics: Africa Basic Collective Economic Extended Extended Family Family Individual Social Unit West

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What you and I understand as a government doesn't exist in many African countries. In fact, what we call our governments are vampire states. Vampires because they suck the economic vitality out of their people. Government is the problem in Africa.

~George Ayittey

Topics: Africa African Because Call Countries Economic Exist Fact Government Governments In Fact Many Our Out People Problem States Suck Understand Vampire Vampires Vitality You

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Bush, and Blair, and the prime minister of Japan, and Berlusconi, these people are criminals, and they are responsible for mass murder in the world, for the war, and for the occupation, through their support for Israel, and through their support for a globalized capitalist economic system, which is the biggest killer the world has ever known.

~George Galloway

Topics: Biggest Blair Bush Capitalist Criminals Economic Economic System Ever Israel Japan Killer Known Mass Minister Occupation People Prime Prime Minister Responsible Support System Through War Which World

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In embracing change, entrepreneurs ensure social and economic stability.

~George Gilder

Topics: Change Economic Embracing Ensure Entrepreneurs Social Stability

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Very few men imprisoned for economic crimes or even crimes of passion against the oppressor feel that they are really guilty.

~George Jackson

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How do you get things out of your head, out of your lab, and into the world? If you're not part of the economic community, there's a chance... you'll fall behind.

~George M. Church

Topics: Behind Chance Community Economic Fall Get Head How Lab Out Part Things World You Your

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