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Economics Quotes by P.J. O'Rourke
- .......the poor of the world cannot be made rich by redistribution of wealth. Poverty can't be eliminated by punishing people who've escaped poverty, taking their…
- You can't get rid of poverty by giving people money.
- Zero-sum thinking is an obsession of mine, but mostly in economics.
- There is no virtue in compulsory government charity, and there is no virtue in advocating it. A politician who portrays himself as "caring" and "sensitive"…
- If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free.
- The complexity of economics can be calculated mathematically. Write out the algebraic equation that is the human heart and multiply each unknown by the population…
- It is a popular delusion that the government wastes vast amounts of money through inefficiency and sloth. Enormous effort and elaborate planning are required to…
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- Many individuals are doing what they can. But real success can only come if there is a change in our societies and… — David Attenborough
- 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
- Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else. — 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
- Often the masses are plundered and do not know it. — Frederic Bastiat
- I beg you, look for the words 'social justice' or 'economic justice' on your church Web site. If you find it, run… — Glenn Beck
- I served seven years as the chair of the Princeton economics department where I had responsibility for major policy decisions, such as… — Ben Bernanke
- Ignorance is an evil weed, which dictators may cultivate among their dupes, but which no democracy can afford among its citizens. — William Beveridge
- Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility. — Ambrose Bierce
- 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
- Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are. — Bertolt Brecht