2214 quotes by economists for you to enjoy

Tariffs that save jobs in the steel industry mean higher steel prices, which in turn means fewer sales of American steel products around the world and losses of far more jobs than are saved. Thomas Sowell

If the battle for civilization comes down to the wimps versus the barbarians, the barbarians are going to win. Thomas Sowell

Battle Win Down Wimps Civilization Versus Going Barbarians

A moral monopoly is the antithesis of a marketplace of ideas. Thomas Sowell

Monopoly Marketplace Moral Ideas Antithesis

Even if the government spends itself into bankruptcy and the economy still does not recover, Keynesians can always say that it would have worked if only the government had spent more. Thomas Sowell

Government Say Spent Would More Only Recover Had Economy Does Always Still Itself Bankruptcy Worked Even

If I turn out to be particularly clear, you've probably misunderstood what I've said. Alan Greenspan

You Out Clear Particularly Said Misunderstood Turn

Because tax cuts create an incentive to increase output, employment, and production, they also help balance the budget by reducing means-tested government expenditures. A faster-growing economy means lower unemployment and higher incomes, resulting in reduced unemployment benefits and other social welfare programs. Arthur Laffer

Government Balance Benefits Welfare Increase Other Programs Resulting Output Higher Budget Economy Also Employment Because Reduced Reducing Unemployment Unemployment Benefits Expenditures Tax Tax Cuts Social Cuts Create Lower Means Production Incentive Help Social Welfare Incomes

A constant stream of 'free' money is a perfect way to keep an inefficient or simply bad government in power. As aid flows in, there is nothing more for the government to do - it doesn't need to raise taxes, and as long as it pays the army, it doesn't have to take account of its disgruntled citizens. Dambisa Moyo

Government Army Stream Money Free Long Power Nothing Aid Way Bad Citizens Constant Bad Government More Perfect Take Simply Inefficient Account Disgruntled Taxes Pays Keep Raise Need Flows

Dishonesty is all about the small acts we can take and then think, 'No, this not real cheating.' So if you think that the main mechanism is rationalization, then what you come up with, and that's what we find, is that we're basically trying to balance feeling good about ourselves. Dan Ariely

Freedom granted only when it is known beforehand that its effects will be beneficial is not freedom. Friedrich August von Hayek

Freedom Will Beneficial Only Known Beforehand Effects Granted

He will therefore have to use what knowledge he can achieve, not to shape the results as the craftsman shapes his handiwork, but rather to cultivate a growth by providing the appropriate environment, in the manner in which the gardener does this for his plants. Friedrich August von Hayek

Knowledge Learning Achieve Plants Will Appropriate Rather Results Shape Shapes He Environment Does Cultivate His Providing Handiwork Craftsman Which Manner Use Therefore Gardener Growth

Dictators cause the world's worst problems: all the collapsed states, and all the devastated economies. All the vapid cases of corruption, grand theft, and naked plunder of the treasury are caused by dictators, leaving in their wake trails of wanton destruction, horrendous carnage and human debris. George Ayittey

Corruption World Destruction Cause Problems Naked Carnage States Worst Collapsed Plunder Horrendous Vapid Cases Devastated Economies Leaving Caused Wake Debris Trails Dictators Human Wanton Grand Theft Treasury