Economist Quotes

The big divide in this country is not between Democrats and Republicans, or women and men, but between talkers and doers.
The first lesson of economics is scarcity: there is never enough of anything to fully satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics.
The least productive people are usually the ones who are most in favor of holding meetings.
The march of science and technology does not imply growing intellectual complexity in the lives of most people. It often means the opposite.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology accepts blacks in the top ten percent of students, but at MIT this puts them in the bottom ten percent of the class.
The most basic question is not what is best, but who shall decide what is best.
The most fundamental fact about the ideas of the political left is that they do not work. Therefore we should not be surprised to find the left concentrated in institutions where ideas do not have to work in order to survive.
The next time some academics tell you how important diversity is, ask how many Republicans there are in their sociology department.
The people made worse off by slavery were those who were enslaved. Their descendants would have been worse off today if born in Africa instead of America. Put differently, the terrible fate of their ancestors benefitted them.
The problem isn't that Johnny can't read. The problem isn't even that Johnny can't think. The problem is that Johnny doesn't know what thinking is; he confuses it with feeling.
The real goal should be reduced government spending, rather than balanced budgets achieved by ever rising tax rates to cover ever rising spending.
The real minimum wage is zero.
The simplest and most psychologically satisfying explanation of any observed phenomenon is that it happened that way because someone wanted it to happen that way.
The welfare state is not really about the welfare of the masses. It is about the egos of the elites.
There are few things more dishonorable than misleading the young.
There are only two ways of telling the complete truth - anonymously and posthumously.
Too much of what is called "education" is little more than an expensive isolation from reality.
What 'multiculturalism' boils down to is that you can praise any culture in the world except Western culture - and you cannot blame any culture in the world except Western culture.
What is ominous is the ease with which some people go from saying that they don't like something to saying that the government should forbid it. When you go down that road, don't expect freedom to survive very long.
Would you bet your paycheck on a weather forecast for tomorrow? If not, then why should this country bet billions on global warming predictions that have even less foundation?
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