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Economics Quotes by Paul Samuelson
- Thousands of important and intelligent men have never been able to grasp the principle of comparative advantage or believe it even after it was explained…
- Marshall's crime is to pretend to handle imperfect competition with tools only applicable to perfect competition.
- Economics has never been a science - and it is even less now than a few years ago.
- Man does not live by GNP alone.
- The growth of a nation's productive potential is the central factor in determining its growth in real wages and living standards.... high rates of investment…
- I don't care who writes a nation's laws-or crafts its advanced treaties-if I can write its economics textbooks
- In this age of specialization, I sometimes think of myself as the last 'generalist' in economics, with interests that range from mathematical economics down to…
- Economics never was a dismal science. I should be a realistic science.
- Politicians like to tell people what they want to hear - and what they want to hear is what won't happen.
More Economics Quotes
- And I know this happens because I took economics, and I'd explain it to ya, but I flunked that course. Not my… — Lewis Black
- What must never be lost sight of is that a public functionary, in his capacity as functionary, produces absolutely nothing; that, on… — Charles Dunoyer
- On Positive Liberty: The business of the State is to use its organizing powers for the purpose of furnishing the necessary conditions… — Adolf Hitler
- If we are going to carry on growing, and we will, because no country is going to forfeit its right to economic… — Tony Blair
- All of the problems we're facing with debt are manmade problems. We created them. It's called fantasy economics. Fantasy economics only works… — Michele Bachmann
- Everyone wants to live at the expense of the state. They forget that the state wants to live at the expense of… — Frederic Bastiat
- They will come to learn in the end, at their own expense, that it is better to endure competition for rich customers… — Frederic Bastiat
- I served seven years as the chair of the Princeton economics department where I had responsibility for major policy decisions, such as… — Ben Bernanke