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...hard to blame the communist central government in the big Asian country for that. The U.S. is still viewed as unique in both the size of its GDP and its potential to maintain impressive economic growth rates over long periods of time, in large part because of its vast pool of consumers. (See the 25 people to blame for the financial crisis...
...vast majority of our operations are right here in the United States. With the agreements we have made with our unions, we can make vehicles of all sizes in the U.S. and do it profitably...
...present chastening can't mean turning into a nation of overcautious, unambitious scaredy-cats. This is the moment for business to think different and think big. The great dying off of quintessentially 20th century businesses presents vast opportunity for entrepreneurs. People will still need (greener) cars, still want to read quality journalism, still listen to recorded music and all the rest. And so as some of the huge, dominant, old-growth trees of our economic forest fall, the seedlings and saplings - that is, the people burning to produce and sell new kinds of transportation and media in new, economic ways...
...notion a bank can be concerned about investments with Madoff and then be unconcerned by the same man's vast sums of cash flowing in and out of the same bank has experts and lawyers still shaking their heads. Others see it as a classic breakdown between technology and the human factor...
...public response is that the values that people hold to be important - like working hard and taking responsibility - are the values that not only underlie a good society but are necessary for a good economy as well. People have felt for some time that you've got this vast global process at work, and somehow the rules that govern [it] have got different from the rules you practice in your everyday life. [But] the rules that make for a successful community are also now necessary for the banking system. We have to build our banking system for the future around...