"If unemployment could be brought down to say 2 percent at the cost of an assured steady rate of inflation of 10 percent per year, or even 20 percent, this would be a good bargain."

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"If unemployment could be brought down to say 2 percent at the cost of an assured steady rate of inflation of 10 percent per year, or even 20 percent, this would be a good bargain."

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"And so our goal on health care is, if we can get, instead of health care costs going up 6 percent a year, it's going up at the level of inflation, maybe just slightly above inflation, we've made huge progress. And by the way, that is the single most important thing we could do in terms of reducing our deficit. That's why we did it."

Barack Obama, American President

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"Major policy reform in the petroleum sector. Under the new Hydrocarbon Exploration Licensing Policy, there will be pricing and marketing freedom and a transparent revenue-sharing methodology. This will eliminate many layers of bureaucratic controls."

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"Belonging to the working class is the economy's punishment for those who did what they were told to do in class."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

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"A nation with a strong defence industry will not only be more secure. It will also reap rich economic benefits - it can boost investment, expand manufacturing, support enterprise, raise the technology level and increase economic growth in the country."

Narendra Modi, Indian Leader

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"Economic growth cannot only be restricted to a few cities and a few citizens. Development has to be all-round and all-inclusive."

Narendra Modi, Indian Leader

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"And it will often happen that a man with wealth in the form of coined money will not have enough to eat, and what a ridiculous kind of wealth is that which even in abundance will not save you from dying with hunger!"

Aristotle, Greek Philosopher

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"Americans are not saving enough for retirement."

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"Civilization transformed man from a food gatherer to a gatherer of pieces of paper: diplomas, employment contracts, money, etc."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

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"Employment is the biggest form of slavery."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

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"Our "Make in India" initiative is not intended for only manufacturing for the domestic market or import substitution. It is as much about making world-class products and services for the whole globe."

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"This paper was one of my digressions into abstract economics."

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"Balancing a nominal budget will solve nothing, and attempting to achieve such a spurious balance will produce much mischief."

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"Currently a level of unemployment of 7 percent or more seems to be required to keep inflation from accelerating, a level quite unacceptable as a permanent situation."

Economy

"The great increase in longevity has produced a surge in the desire to accumulate assets for retirement. It has outpaced the ability of the private sector to produce assets, so we need a larger government debt."

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"Practically, the desirable situation ought to be one in which any reasonably responsible person willing to accept available employment can find a job paying a living wage within 48 hours."

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"Increasingly prices are set by sellers to raise their prices without a loss of sales sufficient to wipe out the gain."

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"There is no reason inherent in the real resources available to us why we cannot move rapidly within the next two or three years to a state of genuine full employment."

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"It's insane to try to balance the budget."

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"I define genuine full employment as a situation where there are at least as many job openings as there are persons seeking employment, probably calling for a rate of unemployment, as currently measured, of between 1 and 2 percent."

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"The nominal budget is a poor indicator of the impact of government outlays and revenues."

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