Economics

Transport, natural disasters, the distribution of resources, globalisation – engineers and inventors have the traits and skillset to solve the problems the world faces today. And therefore have the potential to impact the world and economy. The economy can be boosted by exporting tangible technology that is in global demand. This is the hands of engineers.

Inventor & Founder of Dyson Ltd, Bagless Vacuum Pioneer

In humanity's relentless drive for convenience and economic growth we have developed a dangerous level of dependency on networked systems in a very short space of time: in less than two decades, huge parts of the so-called 'critical national infrastructure' in most countries have come under the control of ever more complex computer systems.

Journalist & Author on Organized Crime & Cybercrime

The power of population is so superior to the power in the earth to produce subsistence for man, that premature death must in some shape or other visit the human race.

Putting a price on the good things in life can corrupt them. That's because markets don't only allocate goods; they also express and promote certain attitudes toward the goods being exchanged.

Harvard philosopher known for justice and moral philosophy courses

Morality represents the way we would like the world to work, and economics represents how it actually does work.

Economist known for applying economic analysis to unconventional topics via Freakonomics

In a society where everything is for sale, life is harder for those of modest means. The more money can buy, the more affluence (or the lack of it) matters.

Harvard philosopher known for justice and moral philosophy courses

Women perform two-thirds of all labour and produce more than half of the world's food. Yet, women own only about one percent of the world's assets, and represent 70 percent of those living in absolute poverty.

For over 40 years however, we've fostered trade and investment relationships because we're in the EU. A lot of investment has flowed into the UK because we're in the EU; Nissan in the North-East, Toyota in the Midlands and other prospective investors such as Hitachi.

Former Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee Member & Economist

Economic integration doesn't remove a country's identity, far from it… rather the range of products, services, instruments and intellectual processes available increases. You keep what you have and add things from abroad. This is not reducing identity, but expanding it.

It's differences in tastes and preferences, resources and technology together with ways of thinking (manifesting in managerial and design differences) which are the reasons countries benefit when they trade with each other in goods, services, finance and labour.

The EU needs reform. Countries have transferred jurisdiction over legislations to a centre that makes decisions in somewhat of a vacuum, featuring a European Parliament that cannot itself initiate legislation. We have a paradox therefore where national parliaments give certain powers to the centre, without being compensated through the creation of an essential federal sovereignty.

Greek Finance Minister during eurozone debt crisis negotiations

In our market-economy, consumers have the power. I also believe that almost every consumer has an element of compassion in herself or himself.

Nobel Peace Prize Winner & Child Rights Activist Against Child Labor

In a world where we have 168 million full-time child labourers, we have just over 200 million adults who are jobless. Studies have shown empirically that there is a parallel between child labour and adult unemployment.

Nobel Peace Prize Winner & Child Rights Activist Against Child Labor

You may become rich, engage in philanthropy and help a million people but the only way you can help a billion people is by building a profitable business. If you can't make a profit, you can't help a billion people – so go make a profit!

Entrepreneur & Founder of Moon Express, Infosys Technologies Co-Founder

The first trillionaires are going to be created through space exploration. Imagine the mineral wealth on planet Earth, and then realise that Earth is just a tiny blue dot in our whole galaxy… which is just one galaxy in a universe, which could be part of many universes. Everything we think is rare on Earth, is abundant in space.

Entrepreneur & Founder of Moon Express, Infosys Technologies Co-Founder

The overlap of these two is incredibly fertile territory and this is exactly where businesses in the U.S. and UK see each other – places where they both need to do business and want to do business.

U.S. Ambassador to Sweden, France, and the United Kingdom