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# Arthur Cecil Pigou

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Arthur Cecil Pigou was an English economist. As a teacher and builder of the School of Economics at the University of Cambridge, he trained and influenced many Cambridge economists who went on to take chairs of economics around the world. His work covered various fields of economics, particularly we

##  Quotes by Arthur Cecil Pigou

> [If a man marries his housekeeper or his cook, the national dividend is diminished.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-cecil-pigou/if-a-man-marries-his-housekeeper-or-his-cook-the-national-dividend-is/)

Arthur Cecil Pigou

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> [Even if the constants which economists wish to determine were less numerous, and the method of experiment more accessible, we should still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-cecil-pigou/even-if-the-constants-which-economists-wish-to-determine-were-less/)

Arthur Cecil Pigou

[Atoms](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/atoms/)

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> [The gravitation constant is the same always. But the economic constants-these elasticities of demand and supply-depending, as they do, upon human consciousness,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-cecil-pigou/the-gravitation-constant-is-the-same-always-but-the-economic/)

Arthur Cecil Pigou

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> [It is not pretended that, at the present stage of its development, economic science is able to provide an organon even remotely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-cecil-pigou/it-is-not-pretended-that-at-the-present-stage-of-its-development/)

Arthur Cecil Pigou

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