Consumers Quote by Paul Samuelson

“The consumer, so it is said, is the king each is a voter who uses his money as votes to get the things done that he wants done.”

Paul Samuelson

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Companies are not charitable enterprises: They hire workers to make profits. In the United States, this logic still works. In Europe, it hardly does.

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We are like highly trained athletes, who never run a race.

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Contrary to what many skeptics had earlier believed, the Soviet economy is proof that a socialist command economy can function and even thrive.

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Perhaps there really are managers who can outperform the market consistently - logic would suggest that they exist. But they are remarkably well-hidden.

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Globalization presumes sustained economic growth. Otherwise, the process loses its economic benefits and political support.

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I don't care who writes a nation's laws-or crafts its advanced treaties-if I can write its economics textbooks

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