E.F. Schumacher, whose European roots give him extremely adept, objective insight into the precepts of an American free - market, argues that «most of the conspicuous developments of economics in the last quarter of a century are in the direction of quantification; at the expense of the understanding of qualitative differences.» (entrepreneur.com)
Pensions minister Ros Altmann said: «Over the last quarter of a century, pensioners have fallen below the rest of society as average earnings have done so much better than the increases in the state pension. (premierchristianity.com)
The last quarter of the century, futurists say, will be a time of much turbulence. (religion-online.org)