Analysis Quote by George Will

“The bottom line is that our government is not intelligent about how it pursues the public interest, because its decisions are not informed decisions…

— Robert David Steele

Everybody thinks of economics whether he is aware of it or not. In joining a political party or in casting his ballot, the citizen…

— Ludwig von Mises

Public Interest is a term used by every politician to support his ideas.

— W. M. Kiplinger

If President Obama has his way, you won't recognize the government, the free market system, or, frankly, America as you once knew it. His…

— Bob Ehrlich

Economic policies need to be analyzed in terms of the incentives they create, rather than the hopes that inspired them.

— Thomas Sowell

Behavioral economics can explain some things, but it's hard to explain a lot of the underlying processes that generate these decisions, much less some…

— Edward Boyden

One of the best predictors of policy around is Thomas Ferguson's investment theory of politics, as he calls it - very outstanding political economist…

— Noam Chomsky

“Government action causes special interest reaction.”

— Eric Robert Morse

What do we mean by the public interest? Some say the public interest is merely what interests the public. I disagree.

— Newton N. Minow

I think after Sandy Hook, when Obama went out, and he talked a lot about gun control and met with the parents, there was…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

Public opinion shapes public policy dramatically.

— Neil Bush

On healthcare, climate change, nuclear disarmament, gun control and countless other issues, President Obama consistently made difficult choices and put the national interest over…

— Jack Schlossberg