Business Quote by Charles Wheelan

Fiscal discipline can turn the economy around.

— Jeff Fortenberry

Popular as Keynesian fiscal policy may be, many economists are skeptical that it works. They argue that fine-tuning the economy is a virtually impossible…

— James Surowiecki

The government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving,…

— Ronald Reagan

The great thing about fiscal policy is that it has a direct impact and doesn't require you to bind the hands of future policymakers.

— Paul Krugman

If you were starting from scratch to invent an instrument that could impose fiscal discipline, the last one on earth you would come up…

— Meg Greenfield

There is a very serious fiscal-policy question of, 'Are we running our overall fiscal policy such that we as a government can pay our…

— Anonymous

There are only two economists in Congress and hundreds of lawyers. Does that explain why the government is in such a mess?

— Thomas Sowell

Much fiscal policy is implemented, not through spending increases, but through tax credits and other so-called tax expenditures. The markets should respond to them…

— Alan Greenspan

Moreover, for decades we have been prone to far greater swings in the economic cycle than our continental counterparts. It has been boom and…

— Tony Blair

Countries like Canada, Korea, China, Germany can and should use fiscal space. Some of them are doing it, not all.

— Christine Lagarde

Only the federal government has the power to spend beyond its current revenue. It shouldn't do that when the economy is at full employment.…

— Robert H. Frank

The keystone of our fiscal strategy is economic growth.

— Wes Moore