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title: "3 Doomsday Machine Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [The global economy is a doomsday machine that must be stopped and reprogrammed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kalle-lasn/the-global-economy-is-a-doomsday-machine-that-must-be-stopped-and/)

[Kalle Lasn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kalle-lasn/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55e/kalle-lasn-22904_computers_the-global-economy-is-a-doomsday-machine_562902.png)

> [This IRA, this Inflation Reduction Act, which is Orwellian named, is a doomsday machine for the federal budget.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-bessent/this-ira-this-inflation-reduction-act-which-is-orwellian-named-is-a/)

[Scott Bessent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-bessent/)

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> [“These two systems still risk doomsday: both are still on hair-trigger alert that makes their joint existence unstable. They are susceptible to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-ellsberg/these-two-systems-still-risk-doomsday-both-are-still-on-hair-trigger/)

[Daniel Ellsberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-ellsberg/)

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