Top 14 Zanny Minton Beddoes Quotes

The problem with one single minimum wage is that you don’t allow for younger people, who are less skilled and maybe more easily pushed out of the job market, or that the minimum wage should vary for different regions.

The IMF played crucial roles in the 1980s debt crisis and in the transformation of former communist economies. Radical change, many might argue, is neither necessary nor desirable.

German predominance is not all-encompassing. In foreign affairs and military matters, for instance, France and Britain still play a much bigger role. But across a large swathe of European policy, Germany has become much more than a first among equals.

America should do more to fix the still-festering housing crisis and overhaul its training schemes so that high joblessness does not become entrenched. Hunkering down for austerity is not enough. The rich world needs a strategy for growth.

Firstly, I think the values that underpin all liberals, frankly – classical liberals, all liberals – of respect for the individual and freedom are worth fighting for.

I can’t wait for the day when it is no longer newsworthy that a woman is appointed editor of a newspaper.

I’m a classic English liberal. A classical liberal, which is different to the modern interpretation of liberal in America.

Europe‘s budget plans are better designed: countries from France to Greece are raising retirement ages; others, from Britain to Germany, have created new organisations and rules to encourage fiscal probity. But Europe risks overkill.

Although the world has changed dramatically since 1843, we believe that the values that guide ‘The Economist‘ are as relevant as ever.

It is foolish for anyone to be complacent.

We want to have a conversation about what does it mean to be liberal in the 21st century and how do we go about creating that kind of a society.

Regional currencies will prove the best route to reconciling the economic imperatives of increasing international capital mobility with the political realities of the nation-state.

We have no idea in what way tomorrow‘s consumers will want to consumer their media.

Subscriptions is the bulk of our business; ads are nice to have on top of that.