John James Cowperthwaite

We enjoy a considerable net inflow of capital and I am sure that a condition of its coming, and staying, is that…

— John James Cowperthwaite

I still believe that, in the long run, the aggregate of the decisions of individual businessmen, exercising individual judgment in a free…

— John James Cowperthwaite

What gives me concern in so much of the comment is the implication that the people of Hong Kong have to be…

— John James Cowperthwaite

If people want consultative government, the price is increased complexity and delay in arriving at decisions. If they want speed of government,…

— John James Cowperthwaite

I am afraid that I do not believe that any body of men can have enough knowledge of the past, the present…

— John James Cowperthwaite

I hold that two principles are important; first that there should be a steady expansion of public services, not an irregular one…

— John James Cowperthwaite

I am also, I must confess, a little sceptical of the theory that we have a right, if we could, to pass…

— John James Cowperthwaite

A glimmer of light is better than no illumination at all.

— John James Cowperthwaite

Deficit financing proper is rather the process whereby a Government spends more money that it withdraws from the economy by taxation, borrowing,…

— John James Cowperthwaite

I am confident, however old-fashioned this may sound, that funds left in the hands of the public will come into the Exchequer…

— John James Cowperthwaite

Revenue has increased in this way is in no small measure, I am convinced, due to our low tax policy which has…

— John James Cowperthwaite

Over a wide field of our economy it is still the better course to rely on the nineteenth century's "hidden hand" than…

— John James Cowperthwaite

Money cannot be converted into houses or trained teachers or hospitals at the touch of a magic wand. There are limitations to…

— John James Cowperthwaite

The fact that previous generations have handed down to us a substantial public heritage by way of roads, port, etc. almost completely…

— John James Cowperthwaite

One trouble is that when Government gets into a business it tends to make it uneconomic for anyone else.

— John James Cowperthwaite

I would suggest to my honourable Friend that the foreign investor is at least as discouraged by high national debt for that,…

— John James Cowperthwaite

Official opposition to overall economic planning and planning controls has been characterized in a recent editorial as "Papa knows best." But it…

— John James Cowperthwaite

I largely agree with those that hold that Government should not in general interfere with the course of the economy merely on…

— John James Cowperthwaite

I must confess my distaste for any proposal to use public funds for the support of selected, and thereby, privileged, industrialists, the…

— John James Cowperthwaite

I should like to begin with a philosophical comment. I do not think that when one is speaking of hardships or benefits…

— John James Cowperthwaite

My own views on all matters of public revenue and public expenditure are conditioned by an acute appreciation of whose is the…

— John James Cowperthwaite