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> [ Second, they \[those who disagree with market efficiency\] always claim they know a man, a bank, or a fund that does do better. Alas, anecdotes are not science. And once Wharton School dissertations seek to quantify the performers, these have… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-samuelson/second-they-those-who-disagree-with-market-efficiency-always-claim/)

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## More by Paul Samuelson

> [Companies are not charitable enterprises: They hire workers to make profits. In the United States, this logic still works. In Europe, it hardly does.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-samuelson/companies-are-not-charitable-enterprises-they-hire-workers-to-make/)

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> [We are like highly trained athletes, who never run a race.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-samuelson/we-are-like-highly-trained-athletes-who-never-run-a-race/)

[Paul Samuelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-samuelson/)

> [ When the economy was going up, \[Milton Friedman and I\] both gave the same advice, and when the economy was going down, we gave… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-samuelson/when-the-economy-was-going-up-milton-friedman-and-i-both-gave-the/)

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> [Our ideal society finds it essential to put a rent on land as a way of maximizing the total consumption available to the society.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-samuelson/our-ideal-society-finds-it-essential-to-put-a-rent-on-land-as-a-way/)

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> [That's what I would like to do until the end of time, to go on scribbling my articles on the third floor of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-samuelson/that-s-what-i-would-like-to-do-until-the-end-of-time-to-go-on/)

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> [Contrary to what many skeptics had earlier believed, the Soviet economy is proof that a socialist command economy can function and even thrive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-samuelson/contrary-to-what-many-skeptics-had-earlier-believed-the-soviet/)

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> [To prove that Wall Street is an early omen of movements still to come in GNP, commentators quote economic studies alleging that market downturns…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-samuelson/to-prove-that-wall-street-is-an-early-omen-of-movements-still-to-come/)

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> [Even if this advice to portfolio decision makers to drop dead is good advice, it obviously is not counsel that will be eagerly followed.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-samuelson/even-if-this-advice-to-portfolio-decision-makers-to-drop-dead-is-good/)

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> [Perhaps there really are managers who can outperform the market consistently - logic would suggest that they exist. But they are remarkably well-hidden.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-samuelson/perhaps-there-really-are-managers-who-can-outperform-the-market/)

[Paul Samuelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-samuelson/)

> [Globalization presumes sustained economic growth. Otherwise, the process loses its economic benefits and political support.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-samuelson/globalization-presumes-sustained-economic-growth-otherwise-the/)

[Paul Samuelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-samuelson/)

> [In every mutual fund prospectus, in every sales promotional folder, and in every mutual fund advertisement (albeit in print almost too small to read),…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-samuelson/in-every-mutual-fund-prospectus-in-every-sales-promotional-folder-and/)

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> [I don't care who writes a nation's laws-or crafts its advanced treaties-if I can write its economics textbooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-samuelson/i-don-t-care-who-writes-a-nation-s-laws-or-crafts-its-advanced/)

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> [It isn't that greed's increased. What's increased is the realization that you've got a free field to reach out for what you'd like to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-samuelson/it-isn-t-that-greed-s-increased-what-s-increased-is-the-realization/)

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> [Forsake search for needles that are so very small in haystacks that are so very large.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-samuelson/forsake-search-for-needles-that-are-so-very-small-in-haystacks-that/)

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> [The problem is no longer that with every pair of hands that comes into the world there comes a hungry stomach. Rather it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-samuelson/the-problem-is-no-longer-that-with-every-pair-of-hands-that-comes/)

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