Actions Quote by Amity Shlaes

“As I have often said, governments don’t produce economic growth, people do. What government can do is encourage Americans to tap their well of…

— Ronald Reagan

When governments fail us, what else can people do except take to direct action? When corporate power can so dominate government policy-making that whole…

— John McDonnell

Whenever there is some trouble in any area of the economy, the simplest solution to many people is "Let the government fix it." Yet…

— Lawrence Fertig

Irresponsibility breeds irresponsibility. The finances of government are so central. You'd think that would be pretty obvious.

— Daniel Patrick Moynihan

Government works less efficiently when it begins to grow out of control and takes on more and more of the responsibilities that belong to…

— Jesse Ventura

Economic policies absorb almost the entire attention of government, and at the same time become ever more impotent. The simplest things, which only fifty…

— E. F. Schumacher

There is a basic lesson on financial crises that governments tend to wait too long, underestimate the risks, want to do too little. And…

— Timothy Geithner

“governments don't produce economic growth people do.”

— Ronald Reagan

The great problem with government is that it never goes bankrupt.

— Jerry Brown

“Even the most well-meaning government policies have unintended consequences that have harmed the economy. If government policies were today held accountable the way private…

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

When you see government leaders really bullying business, you know that government's economic policy is failing. They get angry and they get desperate.

— Amity Shlaes

I think almost every economist would agree that government gets itself in trouble when it tries to interfere with voluntary behavior.

— Milton Friedman