Economics Quote by Mehdi Hasan

“But to the modern mind, resonating with different media-metaphors, the truth in economics is believed to be best discovered and expressed in numbers. Perhaps…

— Neil Postman

The IMF insisted that both Russia and Brazil maintain their currency at over-valued levels. Who are you protecting when you try to maintain that…

— Joseph Stiglitz

Monetary policy is like juggling six balls... it is not 'interest rate up, interest rate down.' There is the exchange rate, there are long…

— Raghuram Rajan

The problem is that, in a world of floating exchange rates, as Italy was before the euro, if one country is subjected to a…

— Milton Friedman

The exchange rate of the Rand against the dollar, pound or euro makes South Africa an attractive location. The positive side of this is…

— John Kani

In the model that we grew up with, governments rule physical territory in which national economies function, and strong economies support hegemonic military power.…

— Amory Lovins

Our grandfathers lived in a world of largely self-sufficient, inward-looking national economies - but our great-great grandfathers lived, as we do, in a world…

— Paul Krugman

If you look at national economies today, for example, the American economy, the European economy, the Indians, the Chinese, we're all tied together. If…

— Frans de Waal

Business cycles lengthened greatly during the 20th century, as central banks learned to manage national economies by raising and lowering interest rates.

— Alex Berenson

Italy may well be the main problem. It has benefited most from the euro by having been able to get the euro interest rate…

— Milton Friedman

Interest rates do not have to be identical across the whole euro area, but it is unacceptable if major differences arise from broken capital…

— Mario Draghi

After the accession to the euro zone, interest rates declined substantially in Portugal.

— Anibal Cavaco Silva