"A general principle of good taxation is that……" — James Surowiecki
"A general principle of good taxation is that similar jobs, and similar kinds of compensation, should be taxed the same way: otherwise, the government is effectively subsidizing some jobs over others."
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150 Quotes by James Surowiecki
James Surowiecki has 150 quotes on this site.
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Auto repair, piloting, skiing, perhaps even management: these are skills that yield to application, hard work, and native talent. But…
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Lack of confidence, sometimes alternating with unrealistic dreams of heroic success, often leads to procrastination, and many studies suggest that…
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It's a familiar truism that at any one moment, financial markets are dominated by either fear or greed. But the…
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Bubbles and crashes are textbook examples of collective decision making gone wrong. In a bubble, all of the conditions that…
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If small groups are included in the decision-making process, then they should be allowed to make decisions. If an organization…
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Diversity and independence are important because the best collective decisions are the product of disagreement and contest, not consensus or…
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Groups are only smart when there is a balance between the information that everyone in the group shares and the…
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But, if recent history has taught us anything, it’s that self-regulation doesn’t work in finance, and that worries about reputation…
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Paradoxically, the best way for a group to be smart is for each person in it to think and act…
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This intelligence, or what I'll call "the wisdom of crowds," is at work in the world in many different guises.…
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One key to successful group decisions is getting people to pay much less attention to what everyone else is saying.
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More Compensation Quotes
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History provides neither compensation for suffering nor penalties for wrong.
— Lord Acton
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We will often find compensation if we think more of what life has given us and less about what life…
— William Barclay
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Careful economic research has shown public-sector workers receive a level of compensation, pension benefits, and retiree health coverage in excess…
— Bob Beauprez
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Forgetfulness - a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.
— Ambrose Bierce
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Cap the well, yes. Clear up the mess, yes. Make compensation - yes, absolutely. But would it be right to…
— David Cameron
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The survey findings reflect the growing trend toward incentive compensation programs as a way for employers to share the wealth…
— Jerry Jasinowski
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This is a world of compensations; and he who would be no slave, must consent to have no slave.
— Abraham Lincoln
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Gardening has compensations out of all proportion to its goals. It is creation in the pure sense.
— Phyllis McGinley
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It is one of the most beautiful compensations of this life that no person can sincerely try to help another…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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One wastes so much time, one is so prodigal of life, at twenty! Our days of winter count for double.…
— George Sand
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Mortality has its compensations; one is that all evils are transitory, another that better times may come.
— George Santayana
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Want to snatch a day from the manacles of boredom? Do overgenerous deeds, acts beyond reimbursement. Kindness without compensation. Do…
— Max Lucado
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