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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 4

> [Clearly what differentiates the U.S. from other countries is the U.S. Constitution. The Constitution defines us as a people. Without the Constitution,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-craig-roberts/clearly-what-differentiates-the-u-s-from-other-countries-is-the-u-s/)

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> [For reporting a scientific finding, I was called a 'conspiracy theorist.' Only in America is scientific analysis seen as conspiracy theory and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-craig-roberts/for-reporting-a-scientific-finding-i-was-called-a-conspiracy-theorist/)

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> [The road to economic well-being is to reward productive economic activity and to provide a moderate and predictable growth of money to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-craig-roberts/the-road-to-economic-well-being-is-to-reward-productive-economic/)

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> [Offshoring manufacturing jobs left Americans with fewer high-value-added, well-paid jobs, and the U.S. middle class downsized. Ladders of upward mobility were taken…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-craig-roberts/offshoring-manufacturing-jobs-left-americans-with-fewer-high-value/)

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> [Terrorists can endanger some of us, but the war on terror endangers us all. How much more can the Constitution be diminished…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-craig-roberts/terrorists-can-endanger-some-of-us-but-the-war-on-terror-endangers-us/)

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> [Few, if any, corporations absorb the full cost of their operations. Corporations shove many of their costs onto the environment, the public…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-craig-roberts/few-if-any-corporations-absorb-the-full-cost-of-their-operations/)

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> [Despite massive evidence to the contrary, libertarians hold tight to their romantic concept of capitalism, which, freed from government interference, serves the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-craig-roberts/despite-massive-evidence-to-the-contrary-libertarians-hold-tight-to/)

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> [When I met with Chinese policymakers in 2006, I advised them that there was a limit to how long they could rely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-craig-roberts/when-i-met-with-chinese-policymakers-in-2006-i-advised-them-that/)

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> [The public subsidies provided to miners, loggers, and ranchers are as extravagant and as harmful to the public interest as the subsidies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-craig-roberts/the-public-subsidies-provided-to-miners-loggers-and-ranchers-are-as/)

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> [Marx and Lenin were ahead of their time. Marx wrote before offshoring of jobs and the financialization of the economy. Lenin presided…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-craig-roberts/marx-and-lenin-were-ahead-of-their-time-marx-wrote-before-offshoring/)

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> [Whether one has a favorable or unfavorable opinion of unions, their demise is also the demise of countervailing power. A system in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-craig-roberts/whether-one-has-a-favorable-or-unfavorable-opinion-of-unions-their/)

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> [The Federal Trade Commission is supposed to enforce U.S. anti-trust law. Instead, the federal agency routinely violates U.S. anti-trust law by permitting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-craig-roberts/the-federal-trade-commission-is-supposed-to-enforce-u-s-anti-trust/)

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> [Vice is Washington's signature. A fish rots from the head, and Washington has led our country into vice, greed, selfishness, and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-craig-roberts/vice-is-washington-s-signature-a-fish-rots-from-the-head-and/)

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> [Peace is costly to the profits of the military/security complex. Washington's gigantic military and security interests are far more powerful than the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-craig-roberts/peace-is-costly-to-the-profits-of-the-military-security-complex/)

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> [A true patriot does not confuse government with country. A patriot's loyalty is to his country, and loyalty to country requires holding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-craig-roberts/a-true-patriot-does-not-confuse-government-with-country-a-patriot-s/)

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> [Hillary Clinton, an agent for the Oligarchy, was defeated despite the vicious media campaign against Donald Trump. This shows that the media…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-craig-roberts/hillary-clinton-an-agent-for-the-oligarchy-was-defeated-despite-the/)

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> [I have come to the conclusion that capitalism is successful primarily because it can impose the majority of the costs associated with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-craig-roberts/i-have-come-to-the-conclusion-that-capitalism-is-successful-primarily/)

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> [A country whose population has been trained to accept the government's word and to shun those who question it is a country…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-craig-roberts/a-country-whose-population-has-been-trained-to-accept-the-government/)

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> [If the Obama regime gave a hoot about 'humanitarian crisis,' the Obama regime would not have orchestrated humanitarian crisis in Syria, Iraq,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-craig-roberts/if-the-obama-regime-gave-a-hoot-about-humanitarian-crisis-the-obama/)

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## Paul Craig Roberts by topic

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