Ahead Quote by Simon Kuznets

Economists must always be prepared for surprises: they find many in trying to find order in the universe of their study.

— Simon Kuznets

Does inequality in the distribution of income increase or decrease in the course of a country's economic growth?

— Simon Kuznets

The welfare of a nation can scarcely be inferred from a measurement of national income as defined by the GDP.

— Simon Kuznets

With the variety of fields within economics, broadly conceived and the increasing specialization of scholarly world, the award of a Nobel Memorial Prize honors…

— Simon Kuznets

I was born in Russia in 1901 of Jewish parents and came to the United States in 1922 to join my father, who left…

— Simon Kuznets

Mass application of technological innovations, which constitutes much of the distinctive substance of modern economic growth, is closely connected with the further progress of…

— Simon Kuznets

With the rather stable ratio of labor force to total population, a high rate of increase in per capita product means a high rate…

— Simon Kuznets

It was at the graduate school at Columbia University that I first met Wesley C. Mitchell, with whom I was associated for many years…

— Simon Kuznets

When, over fifty years ago, I first became interested in economics - as a discipline that provided the key to social structure and social…

— Simon Kuznets

Memorable occasions should be brief, and so should be the expressions of appreciation.

— Simon Kuznets

Success in war and preservation of a country's social framework as a purpose at least equal in importance to welfare of individuals.

— Simon Kuznets

A country's economic growth may be defined as a long-term rise in capacity to supply increasingly diverse economic goods to its population, this growing…

— Simon Kuznets