43 Quotes About Economic-growth

The facts we have examined in this chapter indicate that it is not simply out of intellectual curiosity that we ask these questions. The answers hold the key to unlocking widespread rapid economic growth.

When learning is purposeful, creativity blossoms. When creativity blossoms, thinking emanates. When thinking emanates, knowledge is fully lit. When knowledge is lit, economy flourishes.

Sustained growth is required, particularly in the poorest regions, to catch up with decent living standards and to live a life of dignity, opportunity and hope.

A diversified economy is a central pillar of economic security.

A smile encourages tourism which boosts economic growth, gives comfort to the lonely and sick, gives hope to the poor and homeless, gives strength to the fragile and elderly, reduces stress in worriers, makes us happy when we're sad and builds strong bridges between us all.

We cannot build a vital economy by delivering pizzas to one another.

Modernity, in contrast, is based on the firm belief that economic growth is not only possible, but absolutely essential... Modernity has turned 'more stuff' into a panacea applicable to almost all public and private problems, from religious fundamentalism through Third World authoritarianism down to a failed marriage... Economic growth has thus become the crucial juncture where almost all modern religions, ideologies and movements meet.

Every civilisation has had its irrational but reassuring myth. Previous civilisations have used their culture to sing about it and tell stories about it. Ours has used its mathematics to prove it.

Growth is good, at least for those doing the growing.