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Instead of presiding over an economic system that panders to big business and a wealthy elite, a more human economy must be established which meets the needs of African women and young people.
Winnie Byanyima
Needs
Business
Women
People
Big
Young
Meets
System
Must
Wealthy
More
Economic
Instead
Economic System
Over
Economy
Big Business
Human
Established
African
Which
Young People
Elite
Our economic system has enabled companies and individuals to use their power and influence to capture and retain an ever-increasing share of the benefits of economic growth while the benefits for the poorest in society have shrunk.
Winnie Byanyima
Benefits
Power
Society
Our
System
Economic
Economic Growth
Retain
Share
Individuals
Economic System
Influence
While
Poorest
Use
Companies
Capture
Shrunk
Growth
The extremely wealthy have disproportionate influence on policies that impact us all. This corrupts our politics and leads to poorer people being denied the economic opportunity to flourish in life.
Winnie Byanyima
Life
Politics
People
Opportunity
Corrupts
Our
Extremely
Wealthy
Impact
Economic
Economic Opportunity
Leads
Policies
Denied
Being
Influence
Poorer
Us
Disproportionate
Flourish
Oxfam is part of a global movement for social justice. We mainly work to fight for economic and social rights for people without a voice or people who are oppressed.
Winnie Byanyima
Work
Justice
Rights
Fight
People
Voice
Economic
Part
Mainly
Global
Without
Oppressed
Oxfam
Movement
Social
Social Justice
Who
Economic inequality is a corrosive force that undermines economic growth, puts a brake on the fight against poverty, and sparks social unrest.
Winnie Byanyima
Fight
Poverty
Corrosive
Economic
Unrest
Economic Growth
Puts
Force
Inequality
Brake
Against
Social
Sparks
Growth
The discrimination of women and girls goes to the core of any and all analyses of the world's economic, political, and environmental problems.
Winnie Byanyima
Environmental
Women
World
Political
Problems
Girl
Economic
Environmental Problems
Women And Girls
Discrimination
Goes
Any
Core
Billions of people are being left behind by economic growth.
Winnie Byanyima
People
Economic
Economic Growth
Left
Behind
Being
Billions
Growth
Africa's young population could be a huge economic asset if inequality were addressed.
Winnie Byanyima
Young
Economic
Could
Inequality
Were
Huge
Africa
Population
Asset
The laboratory where we stored all our negatives went bankrupt overnight following the Asian economic crisis in 1997. So, on short notice, we had to retrieve all the materials in the middle of the night before the debtor-receiver took over the laboratory the next morning.
Wong Kar-wai
Economic Crisis
Morning
Before
Took
Negatives
Our
Crisis
Following
Economic
Had
Over
Retrieve
Overnight
Materials
Laboratory
Short
Middle
Where
Bankrupt
Stored
Asian
Next
Notice
Next Morning
Night
We are now preparing for the reform of the yuan's exchange rate system. For such reforms to take place, we need good economic conditions... and we need to do it under tight control.
Wu Yi
Good
Control
System
Rate
Economic
Take
Exchange
Exchange Rate
Tight
Conditions
Reform
Reforms
Place
Yuan
Preparing
Now
Need
I just want to do work that gets people excited and makes them feel things, no matter their economic or racial background.
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
Work
People
Matter
Background
Economic
Excited
Feel
Makes
Gets
Just
Want
Them
Racial
Things
The whole world is determined by trade - which is really the blood of the world. The driving force is everyone's desire to have a better life. How? By consuming. For countries, the 'Holy Grail' is economic growth.
Yann Arthus-Bertrand
Life
World
Better
Everyone
Determined
Economic
Better Life
Economic Growth
Consuming
Driving
Driving Force
Countries
Force
Trade
How
Blood
Grail
Which
Holy
Really
Holy Grail
Whole
Growth
Desire
Practically the only way to dry the swamp of radical Islam is through economic development and an improved standard of living.
Yitzhak Rabin
Economic Development
Islam
Radical
Living
Way
Only
Economic
Through
Development
Practically
Dry
Improved
Swamp
Standard
Radical Islam
In their war against Israel's existence, the Arab governments took advantage of the Cold War. They enlisted the military, economic, and political support of the communist world against Israel, and they turned a local, regional conflict into an international powder keg.
Yitzhak Shamir
War
Conflict
World
Political
Military
Cold
Cold War
Took
Local
Arab
Economic
Powder
Support
Advantage
Israel
Existence
Governments
Against
Regional
Turned
Communist
International
Enlisted
My life has changed in many ways, both on an economic and personal level. All major league players are accorded the respect they deserve. In Cuba, it was not that way. National team players were not respected. The treatment was not adequate.
Yoenis Cespedes
Life
Respect
My Life
National
Changed
Respected
Way
Adequate
Ways
Both
Economic
League
Major
Major League
Cuba
Were
Accorded
Personal
National Team
Personal Level
Team
Many
Deserve
Level
Players
Treatment
It is my policy to deepen the Japan-U.S. alliance and to deepen security and economic relations as well as personal exchanges.
Yoshihiko Noda
Relations
Security
Economic
Alliance
Exchanges
Well
Policy
Personal
Deepen
The industrial world enjoys a rare combination of growth and low inflation; the 'Washington consensus,' a model of economic development that emphasizes macroeconomic discipline and open markets, is being adopted by more countries.
Zanny Minton Beddoes
Economic Development
World
Discipline
Inflation
Rare
Markets
Adopted
More
Economic
Open
Development
Combination
Countries
Industrial
Model
Being
Low
Washington
Growth
Consensus
One-sided national economic triumphs cannot be achieved in the increasingly interwoven global economy without precipitating calamitous consequences for everyone.
Zbigniew Brzezinski
National
Consequences
Increasingly
Everyone
Interwoven
One-Sided
Triumphs
Economic
Economy
Global
Global Economy
Without
Achieved
Cannot
It is clear that our national security and economic growth are tied to affordable, abundant energy sources.
Mazie Hirono
National
Energy
Our
Security
Economic
Economic Growth
Clear
Abundant
Tied
Sources
Affordable
National Security
Energy Sources
Growth
Economic growth is the aggregate effect of the quest to accumulate capital and extract profit. Capitalism collapses without growth, yet perpetual growth on a finite planet leads inexorably to environmental calamity.
George Monbiot
Environmental
Capitalism
Profit
Extract
Economic
Finite
Economic Growth
Calamity
Leads
Without
Inexorably
Perpetual
Quest
Effect
Accumulate
Capital
Planet
Aggregate
Growth
A real economic development policy would address the root issues hampering business growth, like access to credit and marketplaces so dominated by giant companies that it is impossible to compete.
Zephyr Teachout
Business
Economic Development
Impossible
Address
Giant
Would
Economic
Development
Like
Policy
Access
Real
Issues
Dominated
Root
Companies
Credit
Growth
Compete
In terms of addressing crime issues in the black community, the dominant political class has historically refused to endorse the full slate of reforms along lines of education, economic security, housing, etc, necessary to address the root causes.
James Forman, Jr.
Education
Class
Political
Crime
Black
Community
Address
Addressing
Security
Black Community
Economic
Economic Security
Along
Terms
Housing
Causes
Issues
Political Class
Lines
Historically
Dominant
Reforms
Endorse
Refused
Etc
Root
Full
Necessary
Slate
And yet, there are still people in American politics who, for some reason, cling to this belief that America is better off adopting the economic policies of nations whose people who immigrate here from there.
Marco Rubio
Politics
People
Better
Some
Adopting
Economic
Better Off
Economic Policies
Policies
Still
Cling
Off
America
American
Nations
American Politics
Reason
Who
Belief
Whose
Here
These are tough times, and the New Yorkers I have met are facing economic adversity with grace and dignity. They worry about their future, care about their neighbors and hope this storm will pass so they can focus on better days ahead.
Harold Ford, Jr.
Hope
Future
Adversity
Tough Times
Dignity
Grace
Ahead
Better
Care
Will
Focus
Tough
Met
Worry
Neighbors
About
Economic
Facing
New
Days
Pass
Times
New Yorkers
Storm
There is no way for the American economic system to function without advertising. There is no other way to communicate enough information about enough products to enough people with enough speed.
John O'Toole
People
Communicate
Speed
Other
Enough
Enough People
Way
System
About
Economic
Economic System
Advertising
Without
American
Information
Products
Function
I believe there are ways of cutting past some of the ideological logjams in Washington when it comes to issues of American economic competitiveness and a pro-growth agenda.
Ro Khanna
Past
Believe
I Believe
Ways
Some
Economic
Ideological
Issues
American
Pro-Growth
Agenda
Cutting
Washington
Competitiveness
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