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William Vickrey

"If unemployment could be brought down to say 2 percent at the cost of an assured steady rate of inflation of 10 percent per year, or even 20 percent, this would be a good bargain."

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"If unemployment could be brought down to say 2 percent at the cost of an assured steady rate of inflation of 10 percent per year, or even 20 percent, this would be a good bargain."

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"CAPITALISM: If everything worked without need of repair, upgrade or replacement, then peaceful minds and prosperity would prevail among the masses rather than just the few who control markets."

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"Capitalism without Bankruptcy is like Catholicism without Hell."

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"Practically, the desirable situation ought to be one in which any reasonably responsible person willing to accept available employment can find a job paying a living wage within 48 hours."
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"Deficits do not in themselves produce inflation, nor does a balanced budget assure a stable price level."
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"The insane pursuit of the holy grail of a balanced budget in the end is going to drive the economy into a depression."
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"Firms would be given initial entitlements to gross markup on the basis of past performance. These entitlements would be transferable and a market in them would be developed."
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"This paper was one of my digressions into abstract economics."
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"The great increase in longevity has produced a surge in the desire to accumulate assets for retirement. It has outpaced the ability of the private sector to produce assets, so we need a larger government debt."
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"It's insane to try to balance the budget."
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"Increasingly prices are set by sellers to raise their prices without a loss of sales sufficient to wipe out the gain."
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"Larger deficits are necessary and proper means to mitigate unemployment as the far greater evil in terms of human welfare."
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"There is no reason inherent in the real resources available to us why we cannot move rapidly within the next two or three years to a state of genuine full employment."
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