Allowing the private sector rather than the government to allocate capital is crucial to growth. — Scott Bessent Copy Share Image
We have historically tended to run fairly steady levels of government tax revenue as a percentage of gross domestic product and expenditures… — Scott Bessent Copy Share Image
It is a powerful signal when a politician's home state does not back him or her in a national contest. — Scott Bessent Copy Share Image
Bidenomics was the belief that a government spending bonanza could juice the economy after the turmoil caused by a pandemic, lockdowns and… — Scott Bessent Copy Share Image
The reflexive opposition to tariffs represents political ideology and advocacy, not considered economic thought. — Scott Bessent Copy Share Image
The inflation comes through either increasing the money supply or increasing the government spending, and that's what happened under Biden. — Scott Bessent Copy Share Image
Prior to the 16th Amendment, which authorized the individual income tax, tariffs had been one of the federal government's chief sources of… — Scott Bessent Copy Share Image
I'm not sure how this happened, but somehow mathematics is getting politicized. We're trying to take the politics out and put the… — Scott Bessent Copy Share Image
If Vice President Albert Arnold Gore, Jr. had won his home state of Tennessee on November 7, 2000, he would have become president of… — Scott Bessent Copy Share Image
Our firm: We study history. We think about the future. We try to analyze what's going on in the present. — Scott Bessent Copy Share Image
Tariffs can't be inflationary because if the price of one thing goes up, unless you give people more money, then they have less money… — Scott Bessent Copy Share Image
President Trump's first-term tariffs did not raise the prices of the affected goods, despite predictions back then that the tariffs would prove inflationary. Indeed,… — Scott Bessent Copy Share Image
We are stretching our nation's finances and creditworthiness so thin that we may find ourselves unable to afford to defend our interests around the… — Scott Bessent Copy Share Image
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has distorted Treasury markets by borrowing more than $1 trillion in more-expensive shorter-term debt compared with historical norms. Terming out… — Scott Bessent Copy Share Image
The original sin of Bidenomics was the American Rescue Plan, which became law in March 2021. — Scott Bessent Copy Share Image
Used strategically, tariffs can increase revenue to the Treasury, encourage businesses to restore production and reduce our reliance on industrial production from strategic rivals. — Scott Bessent Copy Share Image
Academic economists have consistently discredited themselves by wrongly warning against the policies of President Trump. — Scott Bessent Copy Share Image
Allowing the private sector rather than the government to allocate capital is crucial to growth. — Scott Bessent Copy Share Image
Despite its many flaws, abandoning the international trading system would be a major economic and strategic mistake. Instead, the United States must adopt policies… — Scott Bessent Copy Share Image
