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> [“you don’t get far in political discourse with counterfactual arguments that “it would have been even worse.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-s-blinder/you-don-t-get-far-in-political-discourse-with-counterfactual/)

[Alan S. Blinder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-s-blinder/)

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## More by Alan S. Blinder

> [“Don’t overstate your likely achievements; when in doubt, understate them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-s-blinder/don-t-overstate-your-likely-achievements-when-in-doubt-understate-them/)

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> [“If your negligent neighbor falls asleep with a lit cigarette in his mouth, setting his house on fire, he’s irresponsible and guilty. But you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-s-blinder/if-your-negligent-neighbor-falls-asleep-with-a-lit-cigarette-in-his/)

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> [“One other important footnote to history: On Sunday, March 16, the same day that JP Morgan Chase announced its purchase of Bear Stearns and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-s-blinder/one-other-important-footnote-to-history-on-sunday-march-16-the-same/)

[Alan S. Blinder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-s-blinder/)

> [“you don’t get far in political discourse with counterfactual arguments that “it would have been even worse.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-s-blinder/you-don-t-get-far-in-political-discourse-with-counterfactual/)

[Alan S. Blinder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-s-blinder/)

> [“The adjective “efficient” in “efficient markets” refers to how investors use information. In an efficient market, every titbit of new information is processed correctly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-s-blinder/the-adjective-efficient-in-efficient-markets-refers-to-how-investors/)

[Alan S. Blinder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-s-blinder/)

> [“During a bubble, we often hear stories about how some grand new era makes previous valuation standards obsolete.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-s-blinder/during-a-bubble-we-often-hear-stories-about-how-some-grand-new-era/)

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> [“We humans, it appears, are prone to overconfidence, herding behavior, unwarranted extrapolation of recent trends, and contagious waves of wishful thinking—all key ingredients of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-s-blinder/we-humans-it-appears-are-prone-to-overconfidence-herding-behavior/)

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> [“KEYNESIAN ECONOMICS AND STIMULUS Keynesian economics is based on the notion that unemployment arises when total or aggregate demand in an economy falls short…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-s-blinder/keynesian-economics-and-stimulus-keynesian-economics-is-based-on-the/)

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> [“Why did so many smart people believe these laissez-fairey tales? It’s a good question. Some of the blame surely goes to the excessive faith…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-s-blinder/why-did-so-many-smart-people-believe-these-laissez-fairey-tales-it-s/)

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> [“John Maynard Keynes, the great British economist, died in 1946. But his ghost lives on. When economies around the world contracted sharply in late…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-s-blinder/john-maynard-keynes-the-great-british-economist-died-in-1946-but-his/)

[Alan S. Blinder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-s-blinder/)

> [“John Maynard Keynes, the great British economist, died in 1946. But his ghost lives on. When economies around the world contracted sharply in late…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-s-blinder/john-maynard-keynes-the-great-british-economist-died-in-1946-but-his-2/)

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