"Most economic fallacies derive from the tendency to assume that there is a fixed pie, that one party can gain only at the expense of another."

Gain, Party

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"Most economic fallacies derive from the tendency to assume that there is a fixed pie, that one party can gain only at the expense of another."

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"The rapture of pursuing is the prize the vanquished gain."

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American Poet

Gain,

"We will build new ships to carry man forward into the universe, to gain a new foothold on the moon and to prepare for new journeys to the worlds beyond our own."

George W. Bush, American President

Gain, Man, Moon, Ships

"Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempest."

Epicurus, Greek Philosopher

Gain, Reputation, Storms

"I certainly believe that we gain through open trade and liberalisation."

Peter Mandelson, British Politician

Gain, Open, Trade

"We pay some price when necessary to bring down inflation but that price is temporary and is not large relative to the permanent gain from reduced inflation."

Martin Feldstein, American Economist

Gain, Inflation

"But in practice, if often comes down to not suffering a loss as big as the huge gain you made a while ago."

Merton Miller, American Economist

Gain, Loss, Practice, Suffering

"So our problem is not Labour, it is us, is making us attractive enough to gain disillusioned Labour support and to compete effectively with the Lib Dems for those loose votes."

Francis Maude, British Politician

Gain, Support

"Most economic fallacies derive from the tendency to assume that there is a fixed pie, that one party can gain only at the expense of another."

Milton Friedman, American Economist

Gain, Party

"Now I understand what was happening. I don't particularly gain water; I don't have water retention."

Suzanne Somers, American Actress

Gain, Now, Water

"If you make listening and observation your occupation you will gain much more than you can by talk."

Robert Baden-Powell, English Soldier

Gain, Listening, Observation, Occupation

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"The only relevant test of the validity of a hypothesis is comparison of prediction with experience."

Experience

"The black market was a way of getting around government controls. It was a way of enabling the free market to work. It was a way of opening up, enabling people."

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"Most of the energy of political work is devoted to correcting the effects of mismanagement of government."

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"The world runs on individuals pursuing their self interests. The great achievements of civilization have not come from government bureaus. Einstein didn't construct his theory under order from a, from a bureaucrat. Henry Ford didn't revolutionize the automobile industry that way."

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"The most important single central fact about a free market is that no exchange takes place unless both parties benefit."

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"Hell hath no fury like a bureaucrat scorned."

Hell

"If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand."

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"We have a system that increasingly taxes work and subsidizes nonwork."

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"Most economic fallacies derive from the tendency to assume that there is a fixed pie, that one party can gain only at the expense of another."

Gain

"Well first of all, tell me, is there some society you know of that doesn't run on greed? You think Russia doesn't run on greed? You think China doesn't run on greed? What is greed?"

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