When you see government leaders really bullying business, you know that government's economic policy is failing. They get angry and they get… — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image
Coolidge believed that government officials who tell themselves that spending benefits the economy delude themselves and the citizens. Government budgets promote human… — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image
Today we care about budgets more than anything. Our American future hangs on the ability of government to cut budget. — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image
Politicians generally act as if there is no cost to reconnecting with voters by building new New Deals. But the whole exercise… — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image
Coolidge really hated government being in the power business. He thought it was wrong. He saw the potential for growth in the… — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image
Policy people suffer their own kind of agony, and no wonder. After all, what is the average life of the policy person?… — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image
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,… — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image
We're in a kind of vicious cycle where the media tell the politicians, and the politicians tell the people, that perception is… — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image
Today many politicians suggest that where the federal government does not act, there must be anarchy. That view is odd, blinkering out… — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image
Many writers, including myself, have detailed how irresponsible government actions slow economic recoveries. Similar behavior by individuals impedes growth, too. If you… — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image
The result of the collaborative culture is that corporations or government institutions focus intensely on internal culture and pour their energy into… — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image
“But the deepest problem was the intervention, the lack of faith in the marketplace. Government management of the late 1920s and 1930s… — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image
Disillusionment can come as fast as a gust, but building faith that the government won't inflate again is like building a new… — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image
I think the Bushes would have liked President Coolidge, though I often wonder what nickname 43 would pick for 30. President Bush… — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image
Coolidge showed that the best government was the one that got out of the way. When he refrained, the economy grew, the… — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image
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… — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image
The donning of the ear buds marks the beginning of teen life, when children set off on their own for the passage through adolescence. — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image
Seems like Americans just want it to be Halloween all year. The holiday just keeps getting more popular. — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image
Europe unified its monetary policy through the euro before it unified politically, therefore sustaining member countries' abilities to pursue the kind of independent fiscal… — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image
Democrats who see virtue in the estate tax are doing the equivalent of aborting future enterprises. They deprive businesses of oxygen with their support… — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image
Policy people suffer their own kind of agony, and no wonder. After all, what is the average life of the policy person? You go… — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image
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:… — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image
“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… — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image
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… — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image
In my view, if you have one in 10 unemployed - something is wrong with the economy whether you call it recession or not. — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image
The difference between recession and depression is simple. Recession, goes the saying, is when you lose your job; depression is when I lose mine. — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image
