Deficit spending is simply a scheme for the confiscation of wealth. — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
If we have wealth, it will be protected from inflation and possibly even enhanced in value. — William Greider Copy Share Image
I got quarters in my loafers trying to fight inflation when it only used to take a cent. — Jimmy Buffett Copy Share Image
It is important to recognise near- and medium-term risks to the inflation outlook. — Urjit Patel Copy Share Image
Inflation hasn't ruined everything. A dime can still be used as a screwdriver. — H. Jackson Brown, Jr Copy Share Image
Worrying about inflation now is like worrying about the measles when you might get the plague. — Kenneth Rogoff Copy Share Image
People who are complaining about the Fed are people who've been predicting runaway inflation for five and six years, and it hasn't… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
What precisely is this disease that causes inflation and all these other troubles? It has many popular names, such as socialism, communism,… — Leonard Read Copy Share Image
The real problem is deflation. That is the opposite of inflation but equally serious to the borrower. — Jack Kemp Copy Share Image
Monetary policy should remain data dependent, be well communicated, and ensure that inflation expectations remain anchored. — Gita Gopinath Copy Share Image
Food and energy account for a significant portion of household budgets, so the Federal Reserve's inflation objective is defined in terms of… — Janet Yellen Copy Share Image
We pay some price when necessary to bring down inflation but that price is temporary and is not large relative to the… — Martin Feldstein Copy Share Image
'Eternal inflation,' as it's called - the endless generation of new universes - may be a hyper-cosmic imperative. It seems that it… — Seth Shostak Copy Share Image
If I were in charge of the government, I would index the minimum wage to inflation, so that way, everybody knows what… — Fred DeLuca Copy Share Image
It's hard to put a figure on what level of inflation is appropriate. But I strongly feel that we would not be… — Fumio Kishida Copy Share Image
Here at home, ... while the most likely scenario remains solid growth and low inflation -- subject to the usual ups and… — Robert Rubin Copy Share Image
However, this President sees no problem eliminating funding for Perkins Loans in his budget, even though the cost of tuition is rising… — Tim Bishop Copy Share Image
Agency by agency, we frequently have lost a bit of ground, at least to inflation-but had it not been for the efforts… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The cable industry has risen to new heights in their apparent willingness and ability to gouge the American consumer. Cable rates [have]… — John McCain Copy Share Image
The most sinister of all taxes is the inflation tax and it is the most regressive. It hits the poor and the… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
I will say this: the central banks can actually support growth beyond a point. When there is no inflation, they can cut… — Raghuram Rajan Copy Share Image
Every portfolio benefits from bonds; they provide a cushion when the stock market hits a rough patch. But avoiding stocks completely could… — Suze Orman Copy Share Image
This law represents a cornerstone in a structure which is being built but is by no means completed--a structure intended to lessen… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“The analysis of the /General Theory /shows that inflation is a real, not a monetary, phenomenon. It operates in two stages (once… — Joan Robinson Copy Share Image
Tax reduction has an almost irresistible appeal to the politician, and it is no doubt also gratifying to the citizen. It means… — John W. Gardner Copy Share Image
In the popular mind, if Hoyle is remembered it is as the prime mover of the discredited Steady State theory of the… — Fred Hoyle Copy Share Image
Lenin is said to have declared that the best way to destroy the Capitalist System was to debauch the currency. By a… — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
The abandonment of the gold standard made it possible for the welfare statists to use the banking system as a means to… — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
Strictly speaking, it probably is not “necessary” for the federal government to tax anyone directly; it could simply print the money it… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
The average net worth of the lower half of the distribution, representing 62 million households, was $11,000 in 2013. About one-fourth of… — Janet Yellen Copy Share Image
“In a blind pursuit of endless revenue, we've confused inflation with civilization.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
The higher interest and higher inflation is a vicious cycle. — Arundhati Bhattacharya Copy Share Image
Inflation is the parent of unemployment and the unseen robber of those who have saved. — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
If inflation-adjusted interest rates decline in a given country, its currency is likely to decline. — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
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