John Snow
John Snow
John Snowwas an English physician and a leader in the adoption of anesthesia and medical hygiene. He is considered one of the fathers of modern epidemiology, in part because of his work in tracing the source of a cholera outbreak in Soho, London, in 1854. His findings inspired fundamental changes in the water and waste systems of London, which led to similar changes in other cities, and a significant improvement in general public health around the world...
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I remain optimistic that we will get something done there. ... I think in the fall you will see us heavily engaged on the Social Security issue.
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Beyond the United States, in Asia and elsewhere we have seen where the excessive reliance on bank financing has contributed to financial crisis, ... help China's economy shift from savings to consumption without sacrificing growth.
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Now it's up to us to go to work on it,
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Government borrowing is having the effect of crowding out lending that could be made to the private sector,
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Before, people were making bond, and while they were out on bond before their trial they would get busted again.
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It would be our hope they can do that quickly within a week,
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A stronger financial sector, combined with steps like the liberalization of the retail sector and more effective use of technology in the agricultural sector, would jump-start a surge in investments in India throughout the agriculture and food processing sectors that would add jobs and increase productivity,
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It is essential that the federal government play an appropriate role, but it should avoid taking steps that are excessive, ... We must tailor our response appropriately. How can we draw the lines? Much of that has yet to be determined.
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It would seem to make sense to think that we could see loss of GDP growth rate in the quarters ahead of half a percent or so,
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You want people to have confidence in your currency, ... You want them to see the currency as a good medium of exchange. You want the currency to be a good store of value. You want it to be something people are willing to hold. You want it hard to counterfeit, like our new $20 bill. Those are the qualities.
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The landmark corporate responsibility legislation enacted under his leadership ? and which bears his name ? shored up investors in the face of events which shook their confidence,
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These extraordinarily high energy prices are a negative, ... They're hurting the recovery and they're extremely unwelcome and it's time...for the Senate to go back to work and pass the president's energy bill.
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At a time like this, the tax treatment of fuel is far less important than getting fuel to those who need it,
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There's broad acceptance of the desirability of doing all those things, setting up risk-based management, dealing with fraud, putting place good capital market oversight, ... moving, over time, more of the economy out of the state-run sector in both banking and other sectors and into the private market-directed sector.