Adam Smith
Philosopher, Economist
"A nation is not made wealthy by the childish accumulation of shiny metals, but it enriched by the economic prosperity of it's people."
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Paul Ryan
Politician
"Big-government economics breeds crony capitalism. It's corrupt, anything but neutral, and a barrier to broad participation in prosperity."
Bertrand Russell
Philosopher, Mathematician
"Obviousness is always the enemy of correctness."
Noam Chomsky
Linguist, Philosopher, Activist
"All public resources go to the rich. The poor, if they can survive in the labor market, fine. Otherwise, they die. That's economics in a nutshell."
Ayn Rand
Philosopher, Novelist
"In a capitalist society, all human relationships are voluntary. Men are free to cooperate or not, to deal with one another or not, as their own individual judgments, convictions and interests dictate."
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"Someone bemoaned that there were so few women in economics. But there are also very few men in economics."
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"People are not embracing collectivism because they have accepted bad economics. They are accepting bad economics because they have embraced collectivism."
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"Everyone has the right to make his own decisions, but none has the right to force his decision on others."
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"The best of all monopoly profits is a quiet life."
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"A merchant, it has been said very properly, is not necessarily the citizen of any particular country."
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"What is surprising is not that oppression should make its appearance only after higher forms of economy have been reached, but that it should always accompany them."
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"Never complain of that of which it is at all times in your power to rid yourself."
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"Every short statement about economics is misleading (with the possible exception of my present one)."
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"Wherever there is great property, there is great inequality."
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"A 'mixed economy' is a society in the process of committing suicide."
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"Every man lives by exchanging."
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"The existing world economic order constitutes a system of plundering and exploitation like no other in history."
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"The desire to achieve grand utopian plans often poses a grave threat to freedom."
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"There can be economy only where there is efficiency."
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"How could economics not be behavioral? If it isn't behavioral, what the hell is it?"
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"Our necessities are few, but our wants are endless."
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"Trade unionism is not socialism. It is the capitalism of the proletariat."
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"There is a golden thread which runs through British history of the individual, standing firm against tyranny and then of the individual participating in his society"
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"In proportion as capital accumulates, the lot of the laborer, be his payment high or low, must grow worse."
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"Goods can serve many other purposes besides purchasing money, but money can serve no other purpose besides purchasing goods."
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