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When trust is lost, a nation's ability to transact business is palpably undermined.
From the mid-1970s, I also started work on the causation and prevention of famines.
I got into economics because I wanted to make things better for the average person.
Small businesses have played an important role in fueling past economic recoveries.
Money is not an invention of the state. It is not the product of a legislative act.
Politicians generally do the right thing only when all other options are exhausted.
The factors left out of the Ricardian equation are falling wages and idle capacity.
I’d compare stock pickers to astrologers but I don’t want to bad mouth astrologers.
An investor doesn’t have a prayer of picking a manager that can deliver true alpha.
An investor doesn't have a prayer of picking a manager that can deliver true alpha.
The energy sector presents exceptional opportunities for governments and investors.
No human mind can comprehend all the knowledge which guides the actions of society.
Personally I prefer a liberal dictator to democratic government lacking liberalism.
The Jews must realize that their influence in Germany has disappeared for all time.
Long run is a misleading guide to current affairs. In the long run we are all dead.
The numeric system was invented to help man to put order in the chaos of the world.
It is business that generates the jobs, income and taxes that keep a country going.
If freedom were not so economically efficient it certainly wouldn't stand a chance.
Never try to walk across a river just because it has an average depth of four feet.
The science fiction world has a lot of people doing seriously imaginative thinking.
I can't think of a president who has been overburdened by a knowledge of economics.
Every American worker should be able to save for retirement via payroll deductions.
The sad truth is that many behavioral economists know very little about psychology.
To teach one who has no curiosity to learn, is to sow a field without ploughing it.
Liberalism downplays certain of our moral senses: loyalty, authority, and sanctity.
There's so much disagreement about investing, and it's because nobody really knows.
Politics is the art of making your selfish desires seem like the national interest.
You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible.
Competition does a much more effective job than government at protecting consumers.
If you don't control the borders, it doesn't matter what immigration laws you have.
Understanding economics can help you make better decisions and lead a happier life.
Give me a fruitful error anytime, full of seeds, bursting with its own corrections.
A little experience is worth much argument; a few facts are better than any theory.
If you think you understand what I am saying you do not understand what I am saying.
[To organize a school] looks much more difficult in theory than it does in practice.
The linkage between tax rates and public services is, if not non-existent, negative.
Nobody really understands gold prices and I don't pretend to understand them either.
Community development has a long history of innovation and learning from experience.
If you're not making some mistakes, it probably means you're not trying hard enough.
No other commodity enjoys as much universal acceptability and marketability as gold.
A second-class mind dealing with third-class material is hardly a necessity of life.
There may be a recession in stock prices, but not anything in the nature of a crash.
It's extremely important for our banks to have more capital, higher quality capital.
What can we expect from nations still less advanced in civilization than the Greeks?
I am worried about our tendency to over invest in things and under invest in people.
It's not bringing in the new ideas that's so hard; it's getting rid of the old ones.
There is no harm in being sometimes wrong - especially if one is promptly found out.
In this autumn of 1919, in which I write, we are at the dead season of our fortunes.
It takes collaboration across a community to develop better skills for better lives.
If past behavior is any indication, Donald Trump's behavior would not be acceptable.