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The concept of a general equilibrium has no relevance to the real world (in other words, classical economics is an exercise in futility).

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Just as the process of repealing national alcohol prohibition began with individual states repealing their own prohibition laws, so individual states must…
Most of the poverty and misery in the world is due to bad government, lack of democracy, weak states, internal strife, and…
It's not whether you're right or wrong that's important, but how much money you make when you're right and how much you…
The pro-Israel lobby has been remarkably successful in suppressing criticism. Politicians challenge it at their peril because of the lobby's ability to…
Everything adds up to a major crisis. Humanity is faced with a global energy crisis ... The core of the crisis lies…
Studying economics is not a good preparation for dealing with it.
I passionately disagreed with Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson's plan to bail out the banks by using a public fund called the Troubled…
By creating the European Central Bank, the member states exposed their own government bonds to the risk of default. Developed countries that…
Globalization has rendered the world increasingly interdependent, but international politics is still based on the sovereignty of states.
A global economy is characterized not only by the free movement of goods and services but, more important, by the free movement…
The collapse of the global marketplace would be a traumatic event with unimaginable consequences. Yet I find it easier to imagine than…
If investing is entertaining, if you're having fun, you're probably not making any money. Good investing is boring.

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The gods had condemned Sisyphus to ceaselessly rolling a rock to the top of a mountain, whence the stone would fall back… — Albert Camus
Dusting is a good example of the futility of trying to put things right. As soon as you dust, the fact of… — George Carlin
Since all life is futility, then the decision to exist must be the most irrational of all. — Emile M. Cioran
If one is devoid of hope and thanksgiving, he cannot for long remain sinless, for he will, in despair, have slackened his… — Neal A. Maxwell
Playing the game I have learned the meaning of humility. It has given me an understanding of futility of the human effort. — Abba Eban
To attempt social reform, educational reform, industrial expansion, the moral improvement of the race without aiming, first and foremost, at political freedom… — Sri Aurobindo
Defeat is a thing of weariness, of incoherence, of boredom, and above all futility. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
The fatal futility of Fact. — Henry James
The mind lives through more, and the more cannot be fulfilled; that is impossible. IT ENDS IN TEARS. Every desire ends in… — Rajneesh
What is hope but futility for moments stood on end. — Unknown Author
I tell myself that I had simply better accept the fact that the death penalty is here to stay in our society,… — Helen Prejean
Voting is actually an exercise in futility and only used to convey false credibility to a controlled political system totally divorced from… — Ron Holland

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