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"I think in part the reason is that seeing an economy that is, in many ways, quite different from the one grows up in, helps crystallize issues: in one's own environment, one takes too much for granted, without asking why things are the way they are."
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"Since we took office, inflation, the fiscal deficit and the balance of payments current account deficit have all fallen. GDP growth, foreign exchange reserves, stock market valuations, and investor confidence have all increased. This success is the result of a series of well thought out policies."
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"Economic growth cannot only be restricted to a few cities and a few citizens. Development has to be all-round and all-inclusive."
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"Belonging to the working class is the economy's punishment for those who did what they were told to do in class."
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"Employment is the biggest form of slavery."
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"Because of the power that we have given money: The government would rather have taxpayers who do not vote, than voters who do not pay tax."
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"Not every single broke and unemployed person needs a job, some need customers."
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"That some should be rich shows that others may become rich and hence is just encouragement to industry and enterprise."
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"A reputation for money is almost as negotiable as money itself."
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"A poor man knows the true value of money and will not dare waste it, but a rich man is extravagant and always looking for an opportunity to empty his pockets."
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"The United States dollar took another pounding on German, French and British exchanges this morning, hitting the lowest point ever known in West Germany."
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"I knew that discrimination existed, even though there were many individuals who were not prejudiced."
Awareness
"I, like many members of my generation, was concerned with segregation and the repeated violation of civil rights."
Justice
"I grew up in a family in which political issues were often discussed, and debated intensely."
Family
"I think in part the reason is that seeing an economy that is, in many ways, quite different from the one grows up in, helps crystallize issues: in one's own environment, one takes too much for granted, without asking why things are the way they are."
Economy
"Amherst is a liberal arts college, committed to providing students with a broad education."
Education
"The notion that every well educated person would have a mastery of at least the basic elements of the humanities, sciences, and social sciences is a far cry from the specialized education that most students today receive, particularly in the research universities."
Education
"I went to Amherst because my brother had gone there before me, and he went there because his guidance counselor thought that we would do better there than at a large university like Harvard."
Family
"As I noted in my Nobel lecture, an early insight in my work on the economics of information concerned the problem of appropriability - the difficulty that those who pay for information have in getting returns."
Work
"My teachers helped guide and motivate me; but the responsibility of learning was left with me, an approach to learning which was later reinforced by my experiences at Amherst."
Learning
"I went to public schools, and while Gary was, like most American cities, racially segregated, it was at least socially integrated - a cross section of children from families of all walks of life."
Life
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