[Economists' advice] is something like patent medicine - people know it is largely manufactured by quacks and that a good percentage of the time it won't work, but they continue to buy the brand whose flavor they like. — Barbara Bergmann Copy Share Image
Whether the flavour of economic advice you like is conservative or liberal, you will find that flavour available from some 'reputable' economist, since there… — Barbara Bergmann Copy Share Image
The liberation of women from exclusive domesticity did not originate in feminist books, or a war, or a big inflation, although they contributed to… — Barbara Bergmann Copy Share Image
To be a housewife is to be a member of a very peculiar occupation, one with characteristics like no other. The nature of the… — Barbara Bergmann Copy Share Image
[On affirmative action:] Universities give a boost in admissions for other factors besides race, factors that bring no social benefit, such as athletic ability,… — Barbara Bergmann Copy Share Image
[Economists' advice] is something like patent medicine - people know it is largely manufactured by quacks and that a good percentage of the time… — Barbara Bergmann Copy Share Image
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