"But part of the job of economics is……" — Robert Solow
"But part of the job of economics is weeding out errors. That is much harder than making them, but also more fun."
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11 Quotes by Robert Solow
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There is not some glorious theoretical synthesis of capitalism that you can write down in a book and follow. You…
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It is a good idea to be ambitious, to have goals, to want to be good at what you do,…
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Why does a public discussion of economic policy so often show the abysmal ignorance of the participants?
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Everything reminds Milton Friedman of the money supply. Everything reminds me of sex, but I try to keep it out…
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The world can, in effect, get along without natural resources, so exhaustion is just an event, not a catastrophe.
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You can see the computer age everywhere but in the productivity statistics.
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The fact that there is no such thing as a perfect anti-sepsis does not mean that one might as well…
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The user of land should not be allowed to acquire rights of indefinite duration for single payments. For efficiency, for…
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If God had meant there to be more than two factors of production, He would have made it easier for…
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Everything reminds Milton Friedman of the money supply. Well, everything reminds me of sex, but I keep it out of…
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Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.
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And I know this happens because I took economics, and I'd explain it to ya, but I flunked that course.…
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