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William Vickrey

"The supply-side effect of a restrictive monetary policy is likely to be perverse, in that high interest rates enter into costs and thus exert inflationary pressure."

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Assegid Habtewold

"In a constructive policy, there is 'adjust everywhere' and in a destructive policy, there is a policy of disadjustment."

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"A policy is a temporary creed liable to be changed, but while it holds good it has got to be pursued with apostolic zeal."

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"It is essential that policy instruments be developed that would firmly establish democratization on the basis of social consensus and enable transformation on stable grounds."

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"In my 31 years in Congress, I have seen a lot of changes. We made some substantial policy changes that have improved our parks system and our public lands."

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"So, I'm lying on the couch and Laura walks in and I say, 'Free at last,' and she says 'You're free all right, you're free to do the dishes.' So I say, 'You're talking to the former president, baby,' and she said, 'consider this your new domestic policy agenda.'"

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Assegid Habtewold

"When you see how the President makes political or policy decisions, you see who he is. The essence of the Presidency is decision-making."

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"I am afraid we must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that honesty is the best policy."

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"You may see the emergence of a new political party from the body of the trade union movement which represents a very clear-cut socialist alternative policy and which gives expression to the views of the trade union movement in parliament."

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"The State Department desperately needs to be vigorously harnessed. It has too big a role to play in the formulation of foreign policy, and foreign policy is too important to be left up to foreign service officers."

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"Some newspapers have a hands-off policy on favored politicians. But it's generally very small newspapers or local TV stations."

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William Vickrey
"Currently a level of unemployment of 7 percent or more seems to be required to keep inflation from accelerating, a level quite unacceptable as a permanent situation."

Economy

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William Vickrey
"This paper was one of my digressions into abstract economics."

Economy

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William Vickrey
"I define genuine full employment as a situation where there are at least as many job openings as there are persons seeking employment, probably calling for a rate of unemployment, as currently measured, of between 1 and 2 percent."

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William Vickrey
"The supply-side effect of a restrictive monetary policy is likely to be perverse, in that high interest rates enter into costs and thus exert inflationary pressure."

Policy

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William Vickrey
"Deficits do not in themselves produce inflation, nor does a balanced budget assure a stable price level."

Economy

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William Vickrey
"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."

Job

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William Vickrey
"Nearly all educational expenditure should be considered a capital outlay, whether it provides a future return in the form of enhanced taxable income or in terms of an enhanced quality of life."

Life

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William Vickrey
"The nominal budget is a poor indicator of the impact of government outlays and revenues."

Government

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William Vickrey
"Larger deficits are necessary and proper means to mitigate unemployment as the far greater evil in terms of human welfare."

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William Vickrey
"There is no real justification for a requirement that a budget of any sort should be balanced, except as a rallying point for those who seek to hamstring government."

Government

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