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The United States could transform its property tax system into a progressive tax on net worth without asking permission to the rest of the world.

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...the discipline of economics has yet to get over its childish passion for mathematics and for purely theoretical and often highly ideological…
For far too long economists have sought to define themselves in terms of their supposedly scientific methods. In fact, those methods rely…
Over a long period of time, the main force in favor of greater equality has been the diffusion of knowledge and skills.
When the rate of return on capital exceeds the rate of growth of output and income, as it did in the nineteenth…
What was the good of industrial development, what was the good of all the technological innovations, toil, and population movements if, after…
Democracy will never be supplanted by a republic of experts—and that is a very good thing.
Contrary to a tenacious myth, France is not owned by California pension funds or the Bank of China, any more than the…
There is one great advantage to being an academic economist in France: here, economists are not highly respected in the academic and…
Indeed, the distribution of wealth is too important an issue to be left to economists, sociologists, historians, and philosophers.
I loved American universities. In many ways, they are better organized - certainly than French universities.
Capitalism and market forces are very powerful in producing wealth and innovation. But we need to ensure that these forces act in…
We want capitalism and market forces to be the slave of democracy rather than the opposite.

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Charm is a way of getting the answer 'Yes' without asking a clear question. — Albert Camus
I will not accept a new wave of fiscal retrenchment, of belt-tightening, without asking people at the top to make their contribution,… — Nick Clegg
Whether we like it or not, asking is the rule of the Kingdom. If you may have everything by asking in His… — Charles Spurgeon
The nicest Father's Day surprise of all for Dad would be if you handed him a box, and he unwrapped it, and… — Dave Barry
He who sees the truth, let him proclaim it, without asking who is for it or who is against it. — Henry George
When a fortune comes without calling, it's apt to leave without asking. — George Horace Lorimer
It is impossible to understand addiction without asking what relief the addict finds, or hopes to find, in the drug or the… — Gabor Mate
If successful people have one common trait, it's an utter lack of cynicism. The world owes them nothing. They go out and… — Unknown Author
Please remain calm: The Earth will heal itself - Climate is beyond our power to control...Earth doesn't care about governments or their… — Robert B. Laughlin
I'm still very sensitive and wary of people recognising me The only thing that really annoys me is people trying to surreptitiously… — Benedict Cumberbatch
A saint is a person who gives of themself without asking for anything in return. That's how simple it is to be… — Edward James Olmos
Liberals don't care. Their approach is to rip out society's foundations without asking if they serve any purpose. Why do we have… — Ann Coulter

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