Inflation Quote by Milton Friedman Download Open image ““Inflation is taxation without representation.”” — Milton Friedman ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Inflation Politics Representation Taxation
“Here we shall have to say simply that all government expenditures must eventually be paid out of the proceeds of taxation; that inflation itself… — Henry Hazlitt Copy Share Image
“The arithmetic makes it plain that inflation is afar more devastating tax than anything that has been enacted by our legislature. The inflation tax… — Janet Lowe Copy Share Image
Inflation is a form of tax, a tax that we all collectively must pay. — Henry Hazlitt Copy Share Image
“In a blind pursuit of endless revenue, we've confused inflation with civilization.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Inflation is the one form of taxation that can be imposed without legislation. — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
“A tax dollar paid today is far more expensive than one paid in future dollars. With inflation, money becomes less valuable over time because… — Coreen T. Sol Copy Share Image
There are basically two kinds of tax, the kind the masses can see, and the kind they can't. The inflation tax is of the… — Michael Maloney Copy Share Image
It is a way to take people's wealth from them without having to openly raise taxes. Inflation is the most universal tax of all. — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Inflation is a form of hidden taxation which it is almost impossible to measure. — John J. Beckley Copy Share Image
Inflation is not a benign element in the economy's operation. It is, as it has always been, the most dangerous and destructive form of… — Robert Higgs Copy Share Image
The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem. — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
I believe the role that people like myself have played in the transformation of public opinion has been by persistently presenting a different point… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
To really understand something you've got to reduce it to its principles. — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
It is a mark of how far we have gone on the road to serfdom that government allocation and rationing of oil is the… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
Economic freedom is an essential requisite for political freedom. By enabling people to cooperate with one another without coercion or central direction, it reduces… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
“The people in one district can choose not to reelect their member of Congress, but that will not change the composition of the government… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
When you have a time of crisis what happens depends on what ideas are floating around, and what ideas have been developed, and thought… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
The government doesn't have any money. The only power it has is to take from some and give to others. — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
What would the people who sold us goods do with the money? They'd get dollars. What would they do with the dollars? Eat them?! — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
World trade depends on differences among countries, not similarities. Different countries are in different stages of development. It is appropriate for them to have… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
Is there some society you know of that doesn't run on greed? You think Russia doesn't run on greed? You think China doesn't run… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
Well first of all, tell me, is there some society you know of that doesn't run on greed? You think Russia doesn't run on… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
Perhaps the most important reason to be skeptical of government inflation numbers is that the government, like a fox campaigning to guard a hen… — Peter Schiff Copy Share Image
Damn inflation, full speed ahead,' Greenspan has said in both action and word. I think an investor should believe him and invest accordingly. — Bill Gross Copy Share Image
People who are complaining about the Fed are people who've been predicting runaway inflation for five and six years, and it hasn't happened. — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
In short, both experience and economic theory imply that the US could now t to a more competitive dollar without experiencing either increased inflation… — Martin Feldstein Copy Share Image
Inflation is not caused by the actions of private citizens, but by the government: by an artificial expansion of the money supply required to… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Inflation is like toothpaste. Once it's out, you can hardly get it back in again. — Karl Otto Pohl Copy Share Image
Soundbite and slogan, strapline and headline, at every turn we meet hyperbole. The soaring inflation of the English language is more urgently in need… — Trevor Nunn Copy Share Image
Despite the recent conviction of many that we're headed back to inflation, I think deflation remains the more likely prospect. You've just got too… — Gary Shilling Copy Share Image
It's good news that he is proposing to restore budget cuts that he made, but the reality is that he is still proposing a… — James Rosapepe Copy Share Image
By the time I became chairman and there was more of a feeling of urgency, there was a willingness to accept more forceful measures… — Paul A. Volcker Copy Share Image
There is no subtler, no surer means of overturning the existing basis of society than to debauch the currency. — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
