Economic Quotes - Page 14

Spread the truth-the laws of economics are like the laws of engineering. One set of laws works everywhere.

Deflation and secular stagnation are the risks of our time.

Free men are not equal and equal men are not free.

We believe that war is an inevitable consequence of the current global economic situation.

When I came up to Cambridge (in October 1921) to read economics, I did not have much idea of what it was about.

A depression is a situation of self-fulfilling pessimism.

We have believed - and we do believe now - that freedom is indivisible, that peace is indivisible, that economic prosperity is indivisible

It is much more difficult to measure non-performance than performance. Performance stands out like a ton of diamonds. Non-performance can almost always be explained away

The one profession where you can gain great eminence without ever being right.

Fortunately, in Bolivia, we have begun to liberate ourselves economically. If we do not accompany social and cultural liberation with economic liberalization, the country will continue to be subjugated.

Politics don't exist, actually. It's just a cheap business. Economics is what makes politics.

It's one of these wonderful economic coincidences.

So, economics should emulate physics' basic ethos, but its search for precision in physics-like formulas is almost always wrong in economics.

I thought the Bush economic policy was a disaster. We lost 500,000 private sector jobs during his tenure.

The drive toward economic nationalism is only part of the general revival of nationalism.

The problem with the old ideology was that it suppressed the individual by starting with society. But it is from a sense of individual duty that we connect the greater good and the interests of the community

No race of barbarians ever existed yet offered up children for money

Balancing your budget is like protecting your virtue. You have to learn when to say no.

If it's free put me down for two please

Every act of every man is a moral act, to be tested by moral, and not by economic criteria.

There is an intrinsic linkage between socialism and economic inefficiency.

For most Americans, economic growth is a spectator sport.

Didn't you take economics? You could have had me for $49.95.

In human life, economics precedes politics or culture.

Economic sanctions rarely achieve the desired results.