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# Paul Craig Roberts

(1939)   Economist   United States

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Paul Craig Roberts is an economist from the United States, best known for *Marx's theory of exchange, alienation and crisis*.

## Quick Facts About Paul Craig Roberts

Born April 3, 1939

Nationality United States

Profession Economist

Notable works Marx's theory of exchange, alienation and crisis

## About Paul Craig Roberts

He promotes supply‑side economics and opposes recent U.S. foreign policy.

## Awards & Honors

Legion of Honour

##  Quotes by Paul Craig Roberts · Page 3

> [The real Social Security crisis is that the government does not have the money to redeem its IOUs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-craig-roberts/the-real-social-security-crisis-is-that-the-government-does-not-have/)

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> [A country in which 42% of the population is totally misinformed is not a country where democracy is safe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-craig-roberts/a-country-in-which-42-of-the-population-is-totally-misinformed-is-not/)

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> [The human capital of most macroeconomists, heavily invested in demand management, was wiped out by the policy failures of the 1970s.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-craig-roberts/the-human-capital-of-most-macroeconomists-heavily-invested-in-demand/)

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[1970s](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/zz-1970s-440/)

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> [By offshoring the production of their products, U.S. corporations transferred technology, physical plant, and business knowhow to China.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-craig-roberts/by-offshoring-the-production-of-their-products-u-s-corporations/)

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[Business](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/business/)

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> [In 2004, I predicted in a nationally televised conference in Washington, D.C., that the U.S. would be a Third World country in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-craig-roberts/in-2004-i-predicted-in-a-nationally-televised-conference-in/)

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> [Corporations and Wall Street in pursuit of short-term profits have given the economy away.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-craig-roberts/corporations-and-wall-street-in-pursuit-of-short-term-profits-have/)

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[Corporations](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/corporations/)

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> [If our language and culture are not passed on to immigrants, where will they learn to value integrity in government and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-craig-roberts/if-our-language-and-culture-are-not-passed-on-to-immigrants-where/)

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[Culture](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/culture/)

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> [Washington's impulsive use of power is a danger to America and to the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-craig-roberts/washington-s-impulsive-use-of-power-is-a-danger-to-america-and-to-the/)

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[America](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/america/)

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> [Western capitalism is a looting mechanism. It loots labor. It loots the environment, and with the transpacific and transatlantic 'partnerships,' it will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-craig-roberts/western-capitalism-is-a-looting-mechanism-it-loots-labor-it-loots-the/)

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[Capitalism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/capitalism/)

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> [The financial markets are rigged by the big banks, the Federal Reserve, and the Treasury in the interests of the profits of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-craig-roberts/the-financial-markets-are-rigged-by-the-big-banks-the-federal-reserve/)

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[Big](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/big/)

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> [Globalism is a scheme for impoverishing First World labor and taking power and influence from the hands of the many and putting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-craig-roberts/globalism-is-a-scheme-for-impoverishing-first-world-labor-and-taking/)

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[Globalization](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/globalization/)

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> [“A “conspiracy theory” no longer means an event explained by a conspiracy. Instead it now means any explanation or even a fact…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-craig-roberts/a-conspiracy-theory-no-longer-means-an-event-explained-by-a/)

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[Conspiracy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conspiracy/)

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> [Governments unaccountable to law are tyrannies, whatever they might call themselves, no matter how exceptional and indispensable they declare themselves to be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-craig-roberts/governments-unaccountable-to-law-are-tyrannies-whatever-they-might/)

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[Exceptional](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/exceptional/)

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> [The U.S. is ruled by private interest groups and by the neoconservative ideology that history has chosen the U.S. as the 'exceptional…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-craig-roberts/the-u-s-is-ruled-by-private-interest-groups-and-by-the/)

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[America](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/america/)

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> [Because of the failure of the federal government to enforce federal law, we now have 'banks too big to fail,' unregulated Internet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-craig-roberts/because-of-the-failure-of-the-federal-government-to-enforce-federal/)

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> [The only thing that can be expected from the next US president is more war, more murder, and more oppression of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-craig-roberts/the-only-thing-that-can-be-expected-from-the-next-us-president-is/)

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[American people](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american-people/)

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> [When America's creditors consider our behavior they see total fiscal irresponsibility. They see a deluded country that acts as if it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-craig-roberts/when-america-s-creditors-consider-our-behavior-they-see-total-fiscal/)

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[America](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/america/)

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> [Every public institution in the United States and most private ones are corrupt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-craig-roberts/every-public-institution-in-the-united-states-and-most-private-ones/)

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[Corrupt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/corrupt/)

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> [Unequal group rights, the politics of redistribution and a Constitution whose meaning varies with changeable coalitions are a recipe for civil war.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-craig-roberts/unequal-group-rights-the-politics-of-redistribution-and-a/)

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[Civil war](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/civil-war/)

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> [The office of U.S. Trade Representative was created in order to permit corporations to write law that serves only their interests.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-craig-roberts/the-office-of-u-s-trade-representative-was-created-in-order-to-permit/)

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[Corporations](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/corporations/)

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> [Humans regard animals as worthy of protection only when they are on the verge of extinction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-craig-roberts/humans-regard-animals-as-worthy-of-protection-only-when-they-are-on/)

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[Animal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/animal/)

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> [In the U.S., society and the environment have to pick up the tab produced by capitalist activity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-craig-roberts/in-the-u-s-society-and-the-environment-have-to-pick-up-the-tab/)

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[Capitalism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/capitalism/)

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> [Consistency may be the hobgoblin of little minds, but law, morality and leadership demand it. Without consistency, there is privilege.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-craig-roberts/consistency-may-be-the-hobgoblin-of-little-minds-but-law-morality-and/)

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[Consistency](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/consistency/)

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> [As the U.S. is import-dependent, this will translate into higher domestic prices.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-craig-roberts/as-the-u-s-is-import-dependent-this-will-translate-into-higher/)

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[Domestic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/domestic/)

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> [The United States has collapsed economically, socially, politically, legally, constitutionally, and environmentally.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-craig-roberts/the-united-states-has-collapsed-economically-socially-politically/)

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[Collapsed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/collapsed/)

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> [We need a memorial day to commemorate the victims of neoliberal globalization.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-craig-roberts/we-need-a-memorial-day-to-commemorate-the-victims-of-neoliberal/)

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[Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/day/)

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> [Clearly America is exceptional in its immorality, lack of human compassion, and disrespect for law and its founding document.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-craig-roberts/clearly-america-is-exceptional-in-its-immorality-lack-of-human/)

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[America](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/america/)

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> [God made a mistake when he gave to humans, infected as they are with evil, jurisdiction over Earth. He should have given…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-craig-roberts/god-made-a-mistake-when-he-gave-to-humans-infected-as-they-are-with/)

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[Animals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/animals/)

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> [The American people and the entire world need to understand that the threat to life on earth resides in Washington and that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-craig-roberts/the-american-people-and-the-entire-world-need-to-understand-that-the/)

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[American](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american/)

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> [No one outside America any longer believes the US media or the US government... You can't believe a word the American media…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-craig-roberts/no-one-outside-america-any-longer-believes-the-us-media-or-the-us/)

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[Accidents](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accidents/)

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> [Both political parties, Republicans and Democrats, are dependent on the same private interest groups for campaign funds, so both parties dance to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-craig-roberts/both-political-parties-republicans-and-democrats-are-dependent-on-the/)

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[Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dance/)

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> [The Golden Rule is to 'do unto others as you would have them do unto you.' Allegedly, America is a Christian country.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-craig-roberts/the-golden-rule-is-to-do-unto-others-as-you-would-have-them-do-unto/)

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[America](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/america/)

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> [The worst criminals of our time are the US and UK governments. Both are devoid of all integrity, all honor, all mercy,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-craig-roberts/the-worst-criminals-of-our-time-are-the-us-and-uk-governments-both/)

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[Crime](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crime/)

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> [The Western media is a Ministry of Truth that operates full-time in support of the artificial existence that Westerners live inside The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-craig-roberts/the-western-media-is-a-ministry-of-truth-that-operates-full-time-in/)

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[Existence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/existence/)

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> [Representing the people is not something 'our' representatives do. They are too busy representing a handful of private interest groups such as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-craig-roberts/representing-the-people-is-not-something-our-representatives-do-they/)

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[Busy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/busy/)

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> [As the dollar's exchange value declines, so will the value of dollar-denominated financial instruments, regardless of how many bonds the Federal Reserve…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-craig-roberts/as-the-dollar-s-exchange-value-declines-so-will-the-value-of-dollar/)

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[Customer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/customer/)

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> [The Soviet Union was a partial check on capitalist looting in the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. However, with the Soviet collapse,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-craig-roberts/the-soviet-union-was-a-partial-check-on-capitalist-looting-in-the/)

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[1950s](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/zz-1950s-413/)

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> [If it turns out that global warming and ocean acidification are consequences of capitalism's carbon-based energy system, the entire world could end…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-craig-roberts/if-it-turns-out-that-global-warming-and-ocean-acidification-are/)

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[Capitalism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/capitalism/)

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> [Beginning with the Clinton Administration and rapidly accelerating with the George W. Bush and Obama regimes and Tony Blair in England, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-craig-roberts/beginning-with-the-clinton-administration-and-rapidly-accelerating/)

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[Accountability](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accountability/)

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> [The offshoring of American jobs by global corporations and the deregulation of the U.S. financial system have resulted in American economic failure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-craig-roberts/the-offshoring-of-american-jobs-by-global-corporations-and-the/)

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## Paul Craig Roberts by topic

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