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> [When you see government leaders really bullying business, you know that government's economic policy is failing. They get angry and they get desperate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amity-shlaes/when-you-see-government-leaders-really-bullying-business-you-know/)

[Amity Shlaes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amity-shlaes/)

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## More by Amity Shlaes

> [Right now we're concerned about budget. Right now we're concerned about the prospect of interest rate rise. We're concerned about government corruption, government handing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amity-shlaes/right-now-we-re-concerned-about-budget-right-now-we-re-concerned/)

[Amity Shlaes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amity-shlaes/)

> [The donning of the ear buds marks the beginning of teen life, when children set off on their own for the passage through adolescence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amity-shlaes/the-donning-of-the-ear-buds-marks-the-beginning-of-teen-life-when/)

[Amity Shlaes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amity-shlaes/)

> [Seems like Americans just want it to be Halloween all year. The holiday just keeps getting more popular.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amity-shlaes/seems-like-americans-just-want-it-to-be-halloween-all-year-the/)

[Amity Shlaes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amity-shlaes/)

> [Europe unified its monetary policy through the euro before it unified politically, therefore sustaining member countries' abilities to pursue the kind of independent fiscal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amity-shlaes/europe-unified-its-monetary-policy-through-the-euro-before-it-unified/)

[Amity Shlaes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amity-shlaes/)

> [Democrats who see virtue in the estate tax are doing the equivalent of aborting future enterprises. They deprive businesses of oxygen with their support…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amity-shlaes/democrats-who-see-virtue-in-the-estate-tax-are-doing-the-equivalent/)

[Amity Shlaes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amity-shlaes/)

> [Policy people suffer their own kind of agony, and no wonder. After all, what is the average life of the policy person? You go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amity-shlaes/policy-people-suffer-their-own-kind-of-agony-and-no-wonder-after-all/)

[Amity Shlaes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amity-shlaes/)

> [With demands for special education or standardized test prep being shouted in their ears, public schools can't always hear a parent when he says:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amity-shlaes/with-demands-for-special-education-or-standardized-test-prep-being/)

[Amity Shlaes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amity-shlaes/)

> [“Isn’t it a strange thing,” he asked Barton, “that in every period of social unrest men have the notion that they can pass a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amity-shlaes/isn-t-it-a-strange-thing-he-asked-barton-that-in-every-period-of/)

[Amity Shlaes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amity-shlaes/)

> [Anti-parent music seems to be all the pop-rock market wants.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amity-shlaes/anti-parent-music-seems-to-be-all-the-pop-rock-market-wants/)

[Amity Shlaes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amity-shlaes/)

> [To investors, job creation is a second-order effect. Market participants care first about interest rates, exchange rates, bond prices and the one great factor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amity-shlaes/to-investors-job-creation-is-a-second-order-effect-market/)

[Amity Shlaes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amity-shlaes/)

> [In my view, if you have one in 10 unemployed - something is wrong with the economy whether you call it recession or not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amity-shlaes/in-my-view-if-you-have-one-in-10-unemployed-something-is-wrong-with/)

[Amity Shlaes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amity-shlaes/)

> [The difference between recession and depression is simple. Recession, goes the saying, is when you lose your job; depression is when I lose mine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amity-shlaes/the-difference-between-recession-and-depression-is-simple-recession/)

[Amity Shlaes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amity-shlaes/)

> [When you see government leaders really bullying business, you know that government's economic policy is failing. They get angry and they get desperate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amity-shlaes/when-you-see-government-leaders-really-bullying-business-you-know/)

[Amity Shlaes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amity-shlaes/)

> [Today many politicians suggest that where the federal government does not act, there must be anarchy. That view is odd, blinkering out the work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amity-shlaes/today-many-politicians-suggest-that-where-the-federal-government-does/)

[Amity Shlaes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amity-shlaes/)

> [If expectations of lifetime earnings drop, then so will spending.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amity-shlaes/if-expectations-of-lifetime-earnings-drop-then-so-will-spending/)

[Amity Shlaes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amity-shlaes/)

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