"Politicians generally act as if there is no……" — Amity Shlaes
"Politicians generally act as if there is no cost to reconnecting with voters by building new New Deals. But the whole exercise of writing law out of New Deal nostalgia is a form of national narcissism. Call it New Deal narcissism."
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24 Quotes by Amity Shlaes
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Anyone who experienced World War I close-hand was grossed out by it forever. It just was so awful.
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Disillusionment can come as fast as a gust, but building faith that the government won't inflate again is like building…
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Although unions may be good for a worker, singular, they are not always good for workers, plural. Especially when it…
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Europe unified its monetary policy through the euro before it unified politically, therefore sustaining member countries' abilities to pursue the…
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To investors, job creation is a second-order effect. Market participants care first about interest rates, exchange rates, bond prices and…
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In my view, if you have one in 10 unemployed - something is wrong with the economy whether you call…
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Coolidge believed that government officials who tell themselves that spending benefits the economy delude themselves and the citizens. Government budgets…
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