"A minimum-wage law is, in reality, a law……" — Milton Friedman
"A minimum-wage law is, in reality, a law that makes it illegal for an employer to hire a person with limited skills."
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195 Quotes by Milton Friedman
Milton Friedman has 195 quotes on this site.
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When a private enterprise fails, it is closed down; when a government enterprise fails, it is expanded. Isn't that exactly…
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Legalizing drugs would simultaneously reduce the amount of crime and raise the quality of law enforcement. Can you conceive of…
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My major problem with the world is a problem of scarcity in the midst of plenty ... of people starving…
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Freedom in economic arrangements is itself a component of freedom broadly understood, so economic freedom is an end in itself…
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Economic freedom is an essential requisite for political freedom. By enabling people to cooperate with one another without coercion or…
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Whenever we depart from voluntary cooperation and try to do good by using force, the bad moral value of force…
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The essential notion of a capitalist society ... is voluntary cooperation, voluntary exchange. The essential notion of a socialist society…
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The power to determine the quantity of money... is too important, too pervasive, to be exercised by a few people,…
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Fundamentally, there are only two ways of coordinating the economic activities of millions. One is central direction involving the use…
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Self-interest is not myopic selfishness. It is whatever it is that interests the participants, whatever they value, whatever goals they…
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The high rate of unemployment among teenagers, and especially black teenagers, is both a scandal and a serious source of…
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A society based on the freedom to choose is better than a society based on the principles of socialism, communism…
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More Employer Quotes
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An employer of mine back in the '80s was kind enough to take me on after a rough patch, and…
— Anthony Bourdain
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Most people like to read about intrigue and spies. I hope to provide a metaphor for the average reader's daily…
— John le Carre
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We don't really have the ability to enforce the law with respect to illegal work in this country in a…
— Michael Chertoff
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It is wrong, and ultimately self-defeating for a nation of immigrants to permit the kind of abuse of our immigration…
— William J. Clinton
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We should strengthen our immigration laws to prevent the importation of foreign wages and working conditions. We should make it…
— Edward Kennedy
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It's all about who gets to work and making sure they're legally present in our country. And to do that…
— Janet Napolitano
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This bill [Immigration Reform and Control act of 1986] is a gamble, a riverboat gamble. There is no guarantee that…
— Charles Schumer
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Nonetheless, GAO's conclusion that employer sanctions had somehow caused employment discrimination was contradicted by GAO's own Chief of Methodology, who…
— Alan K. Simpson
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Don't wait for an employer, friend, or mentor to show appreciation for your work. Take pride in your own efforts…
— Denis Waitley
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An employer verification system must be implemented to ensure jobs are not given to illegal immigrants.
— Mitt Romney
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It is the lack of knowledge of, or the unwillingness to recognise, or the deliberate denial of the existence of…
— Tim Field
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The skilful employer of men will employ the wise man, the brave man, the covetous man, and the stupid man.
— Sun Tzu
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