It was at the graduate school at Columbia University that I first met Wesley C. Mitchell, with whom I was associated for many years at the National Bureau of Economic Research and to whom I owe a great intellectual debt. — Simon Kuznets Copy Share Image
Economists must always be prepared for surprises: they find many in trying to find order in the universe of their study. — Simon Kuznets Copy Share Image
Does inequality in the distribution of income increase or decrease in the course of a country's economic growth? — Simon Kuznets Copy Share Image
The welfare of a nation can scarcely be inferred from a measurement of national income as defined by the GDP. — Simon Kuznets Copy Share Image
With the variety of fields within economics, broadly conceived and the increasing specialization of scholarly world, the award of a Nobel Memorial Prize honors… — Simon Kuznets Copy Share Image
I was born in Russia in 1901 of Jewish parents and came to the United States in 1922 to join my father, who left… — Simon Kuznets Copy Share Image
Mass application of technological innovations, which constitutes much of the distinctive substance of modern economic growth, is closely connected with the further progress of… — Simon Kuznets Copy Share Image
With the rather stable ratio of labor force to total population, a high rate of increase in per capita product means a high rate… — Simon Kuznets Copy Share Image
It was at the graduate school at Columbia University that I first met Wesley C. Mitchell, with whom I was associated for many years… — Simon Kuznets Copy Share Image
When, over fifty years ago, I first became interested in economics - as a discipline that provided the key to social structure and social… — Simon Kuznets Copy Share Image
Memorable occasions should be brief, and so should be the expressions of appreciation. — Simon Kuznets Copy Share Image
The dynamic drives of modern economic growth, in the countries that entered the process ahead of others, meant a reaching out geographically; and the… — Simon Kuznets Copy Share Image
Success in war and preservation of a country's social framework as a purpose at least equal in importance to welfare of individuals. — Simon Kuznets Copy Share Image
