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> [The public psychology of going into debt for gain passes through several more or less distinct phases: (a) the lure of big prospective dividends or gains in income in the remote future; (b) the hope of selling at a profit,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-fisher/the-public-psychology-of-going-into-debt-for-gain-passes-through/)

[Irving Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irving-fisher/)

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## More by Irving Fisher

> [The effort of the economist is to "see," to picture the interplay of economic elements. The more clearly cut these elements appear in his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-fisher/the-effort-of-the-economist-is-to-see-to-picture-the-interplay-of/)

[Irving Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irving-fisher/)

> [The end of the decline of the Stock Market will probably not be long, only a few more days at most.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-fisher/the-end-of-the-decline-of-the-stock-market-will-probably-not-be-long/)

[Irving Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irving-fisher/)

> [The real scientific study of the distribution of wealth has, we must confess, scarcely begun. The conventional academic study of the so-called theory of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-fisher/the-real-scientific-study-of-the-distribution-of-wealth-has-we-must/)

[Irving Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irving-fisher/)

> [How much there is I want to do! I always feel that I haven't time to accomplish what I wish. I want to read…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-fisher/how-much-there-is-i-want-to-do-i-always-feel-that-i-haven-t-time-to/)

[Irving Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irving-fisher/)

> [Stock prices have reached what looks like a permanently high plateau. I do not feel there will be soon if ever a 50 or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-fisher/stock-prices-have-reached-what-looks-like-a-permanently-high-plateau/)

[Irving Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irving-fisher/)

> [The rate of interest acts as a link between income-value and capital-value.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-fisher/the-rate-of-interest-acts-as-a-link-between-income-value-and-capital/)

[Irving Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irving-fisher/)

> [Stock prices have reached what looks like a permanently high plateau.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-fisher/stock-prices-have-reached-what-looks-like-a-permanently-high-plateau-2/)

[Irving Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irving-fisher/)

> [For the immediate future, at least, the outlook (stocks) is bright.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-fisher/for-the-immediate-future-at-least-the-outlook-stocks-is-bright/)

[Irving Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irving-fisher/)

> [The U. S. is headed toward a period of business depression... beginning within the next two years, which may exceed that which preceded the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-fisher/the-u-s-is-headed-toward-a-period-of-business-depression-beginning/)

[Irving Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irving-fisher/)

> [The public psychology of going into debt for gain passes through several more or less distinct phases: (a) the lure of big prospective dividends…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-fisher/the-public-psychology-of-going-into-debt-for-gain-passes-through/)

[Irving Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irving-fisher/)

> [FISHER SEES STOCKS PERMANENTLY HIGH](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-fisher/fisher-sees-stocks-permanently-high/)

[Irving Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irving-fisher/)

> [Stocks have reached what looks like a permanently high plateau.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-fisher/stocks-have-reached-what-looks-like-a-permanently-high-plateau/)

[Irving Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irving-fisher/)

> [The nation is marching along a permanently high plateau of prosperity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-fisher/the-nation-is-marching-along-a-permanently-high-plateau-of-prosperity/)

[Irving Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irving-fisher/)

> [Thus, our national circulating medium is now at the mercy of loan transactions of banks, which lend, not money, but promises to supply money…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-fisher/thus-our-national-circulating-medium-is-now-at-the-mercy-of-loan/)

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> [“As a matter of fact, what investment can we find which offers real fixity or certainty of income? ... As every reader of this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-fisher/as-a-matter-of-fact-what-investment-can-we-find-which-offers-real/)

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