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> [The last duty of a central banker is to tell the public the truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-blinder/the-last-duty-of-a-central-banker-is-to-tell-the-public-the-truth/)

[Alan Blinder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-blinder/)

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## More by Alan Blinder

> ['Murphys law of economic policy': Economists have the least influence on policy where they know the most and are most agreed; they have the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-blinder/murphys-law-of-economic-policy-economists-have-the-least-influence-on/)

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> [And the maestro surely wielded the chairman's baton with extraordinary skill. His stellar record suggests that the only right answer to the age-old question…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-blinder/and-the-maestro-surely-wielded-the-chairman-s-baton-with/)

[Alan Blinder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-blinder/)

> [The last duty of a central banker is to tell the public the truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-blinder/the-last-duty-of-a-central-banker-is-to-tell-the-public-the-truth/)

[Alan Blinder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-blinder/)

> [Life is not a multiple choice test, it's an open-book essay exam.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-blinder/life-is-not-a-multiple-choice-test-it-s-an-open-book-essay-exam/)

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> [If you try to give an on-the-one-hand-or-the-other- hand answer, only one of the hands tends to get quoted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-blinder/if-you-try-to-give-an-on-the-one-hand-or-the-other-hand-answer-only/)

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> [In the classic old business cycle, there would be a diminution in sales; it would take a little while for this information to reach…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-blinder/in-the-classic-old-business-cycle-there-would-be-a-diminution-in/)

[Alan Blinder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-blinder/)

> [There is a kind of a cascading chain, ... If one can't sell, then that business doesn't buy and that means the next business…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-blinder/there-is-a-kind-of-a-cascading-chain-if-one-can-t-sell-then-that/)

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> [Public opinion is presumptively an input to policy formation in a democracy because politicians respond to it or at least are believed to respond…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-blinder/public-opinion-is-presumptively-an-input-to-policy-formation-in-a/)

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