Quotes About Economics

I never defended the Bush administration's spending.

Trying to balance the budget through defense cuts is both counterproductive and impossible.

Cutting budget deficits can never be just an exercise in economics.

For Maersk Line, it is never great to compete with somebody who, by definition, can't go bankrupt.

Every serious deflation I've looked at is preceded by an asset bubble, and then it bursts.

Just as we should never balance the budget on the backs of the poor, so it is an economic delusion to think you can balance it only on the wallets of the rich.

Shakespeare was writing about his time, and it was a time when women were beginning to demand a voice, demand a say in their lives for one reason or another, mainly to do with the economics of the time.

I moved from current affairs to daily news over the Asia crisis of 1998 - mainly because the news agenda demanded I become economically literate.

Capitalism unchecked is not a democratic system.

I am proud to support the incredible economics department at the University of Chicago.

I don't know why there aren't more Depression buffs.

We're now segregating our schools based on economics; we're segregating our schools based on where a child's parents live. And it has the same corrosive effect of destroying people's opportunity as racial segregation did.

The champions of globalism are the champions of America's destruction.

I don't think revenue in any one day, week, month or year should determine long-term tax policy.

Medical costs are of concern, both in developing and developed countries.

We must be out of the protectionist common external tariff, which mainly protects inefficient E.U. industries at the cost to British consumers.

The presidency of the Euro group is an interesting and important task.

As tastes shift around the globe and there are more roles for women, there are more women who can participate. Salaries will go up and be commensurate.

Tastes and behavior are important in economics. Nobody denies that. But the question is: How much of behavior is irrational, and how much of the irrational behavior really affects prices? It turns out that's very difficult to answer.

The power to tax is the power to destroy.

Stupider than France is not where we want to be on tax policy.

Our estimates suggest that a tax increase of 1 percent of GDP reduces output over the next three years by nearly 3 percent. The effect is highly significant.

I don't believe we need the government's help as much as some think we do. That belief sets me apart from the Democrats, since their way of dealing with everything is to tax and spend.

Whatever you tax, you get less of.