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"What's different here is that we have now technologies that allow these life science companies to bypass classical breeding. That's what makes it both powerful and exciting."

"What's different here is that we have now technologies that allow these life science companies to bypass classical breeding. That's what makes it both powerful and exciting."

Jeremy Rifkin, American Economist

Life, Science, Breeding, Now

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"Imagine a political system so radical as to promise to move more of the poorest 20% of the population into the richest 20% than remain in the poorest bracket within the decade? You don't need to imagine it. It's called the United States of America."

"Imagine a political system so radical as to promise to move more of the poorest 20% of the population into the richest 20% than remain in the poorest bracket within the decade? You don't need to imagine it. It's called the United States of America."

Thomas Sowell, American Economist

Politics, America, Population, Promise, Radical

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"We had a booming stock market in 1929 and then went into the world's greatest depression. We have a booming stock market in 1999. Will the bubble somehow burst, and then we enter depression? Well, some things are not different."

"We had a booming stock market in 1929 and then went into the world's greatest depression. We have a booming stock market in 1999. Will the bubble somehow burst, and then we enter depression? Well, some things are not different."

Jeffrey Sachs, American Economist

Economy, Depression, Will, World

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"Margaret had close links with Geneva where she had spent some years as a student while her parents had been wardens of the Quaker Hostel there and where she had gone back as secretary to Gilbert Murray."

"Margaret had close links with Geneva where she had spent some years as a student while her parents had been wardens of the Quaker Hostel there and where she had gone back as secretary to Gilbert Murray."

James Meade, English Economist

Parenting, Parents, Years

13

"The state can be and has often been in the course of history the main source of mischief and disaster."

"The state can be and has often been in the course of history the main source of mischief and disaster."

Ludwig von Mises, Austrian Economist

History, Disaster, State

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"The slaves of socialism are slaves, but they are no one's property and therefore no one's loss."

"The slaves of socialism are slaves, but they are no one's property and therefore no one's loss."

George Reisman, American Economist

Loss, Property, Socialism

13

"I don't know where the stock market is going, but I will say this, that if it continues higher, this will do more to stimulate the economy than anything we've been talking about today or anything anybody else was talking about."

"I don't know where the stock market is going, but I will say this, that if it continues higher, this will do more to stimulate the economy than anything we've been talking about today or anything anybody else was talking about."

Alan Greenspan, American Economist

Economy, Talking, Today, Will

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"Even before I came to Chicago, I had gotten interested in the existence of dispersion of prices under conditions which economic theory said would yield a single price."

"Even before I came to Chicago, I had gotten interested in the existence of dispersion of prices under conditions which economic theory said would yield a single price."

George Stigler, American Economist

Economy, Chicago, Existence, Theory, Yield

13

"The dog commends himself to our favor by affording play to our propensity for mastery."

"The dog commends himself to our favor by affording play to our propensity for mastery."

Thorstein Veblen, American Economist

13

"What ranks above all else for economic and political reconstruction is a radical change of ideologies. Economic prosperity is not so much a material problem; it is, first of all, an intellectual, spiritual, and moral problem."

"What ranks above all else for economic and political reconstruction is a radical change of ideologies. Economic prosperity is not so much a material problem; it is, first of all, an intellectual, spiritual, and moral problem."

Ludwig von Mises, Austrian Economist

Society, Reform, Ideology, Change, Economics

13

"Only the closest collaborators of the Fuehrer know how difficult is the burden of this responsibility; how sorrowful are the hours during which decisions must be made which bear upon the well being and the fate of all of Germany."

"Only the closest collaborators of the Fuehrer know how difficult is the burden of this responsibility; how sorrowful are the hours during which decisions must be made which bear upon the well being and the fate of all of Germany."

Hjalmar Schacht, German Economist

Being, Burden, Decisions, Fate

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"Radical conservatives want to police bedrooms."

"Radical conservatives want to police bedrooms."

Robert Reich, American Economist

Politics, Police, Radical, Want

13

"You just can't apologize for being you nor for your emotional self, nor for your intellectual self, nor for spiritual self, nor for your physical self. It's all a part of who you are, signal that you don't value who you are, once that occurs you have a serious work to do, to get back to where you need to be in order to move on in life."

"You just can't apologize for being you nor for your emotional self, nor for your intellectual self, nor for spiritual self, nor for your physical self. It's all a part of who you are, signal that you don't value who you are, once that occurs you have a serious work to do, to get back to where you need to be in order to move on in life."

Auliq Ice, Ugandan Economist

Self-Worth, Self, Identity, Values, Past

13

"Americans are apt to be unduly interested in discovering what average opinion believes average opinion to be."

"Americans are apt to be unduly interested in discovering what average opinion believes average opinion to be."

John Maynard Keynes, English Economist

Society, Americans, Opinion

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"Alan White and I spent the next two or three years working together on this. We developed what is known a stochastic volatility model. This is a model where the volatility as well as the underlying asset price moves around in an unpredictable way."

"Alan White and I spent the next two or three years working together on this. We developed what is known a stochastic volatility model. This is a model where the volatility as well as the underlying asset price moves around in an unpredictable way."

John Hull, American Economist

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"The worship of the state is the worship of force. There is no more dangerous menace to civilization than a government of incompetent, corrupt, or vile men. The worst evils which mankind ever had to endure were inflicted by bad governments. The state can be, and has often been in the course of history, the main source of mischief and disaster."

"The worship of the state is the worship of force. There is no more dangerous menace to civilization than a government of incompetent, corrupt, or vile men. The worst evils which mankind ever had to endure were inflicted by bad governments. The state can be, and has often been in the course of history, the main source of mischief and disaster."

Ludwig von Mises, Austrian Economist

Politics, Power, Government, Corruption, Danger

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"The Question to be considered is, Whether the Government have reason by a Law, to prohibit the taking more than 4 l. per cent Interest for Money lent, or to leave the Borrower and Lender to make their own Bargains."

"The Question to be considered is, Whether the Government have reason by a Law, to prohibit the taking more than 4 l. per cent Interest for Money lent, or to leave the Borrower and Lender to make their own Bargains."

Dudley North, English Economist

Government, Money, Interest, Law

13

"Sow success and hope unto others, and more success and hope becomes what you permanently reap."

"Sow success and hope unto others, and more success and hope becomes what you permanently reap."

Auliq Ice, Ugandan Economist

Hope, Success, Life, Effort

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"The law-abiding citizen by his labor serves both himself and his fellow man and thereby integrates himself peacefully into the social order. The robber, on the other hand, is intent, not on honest toil, but on the forcible appropriation of the fruits of others' labor."

"The law-abiding citizen by his labor serves both himself and his fellow man and thereby integrates himself peacefully into the social order. The robber, on the other hand, is intent, not on honest toil, but on the forcible appropriation of the fruits of others' labor."

Ludwig von Mises, Austrian Economist

Law, Ethics, Labor, Justice

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"This desire for equity must not lead to an excess of welfare, where nobody is responsible for anything."

"This desire for equity must not lead to an excess of welfare, where nobody is responsible for anything."

Jacques Delors, French Economist

Desire, Excess, Welfare

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"If a man were living in isolation his income would be literally his product. Make him the monarch and owner of an island, and the fruits that he raises and the clothing that he makes constitute, in themselves, his income. This ceases to be true when trading begins."

"If a man were living in isolation his income would be literally his product. Make him the monarch and owner of an island, and the fruits that he raises and the clothing that he makes constitute, in themselves, his income. This ceases to be true when trading begins."

John Bates Clark, American Economist

Income, Isolation, Living, Man

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"In short, both experience and economic theory imply that the US could now t to a more competitive dollar without experiencing either increased inflation or decreased economic growth."

"In short, both experience and economic theory imply that the US could now t to a more competitive dollar without experiencing either increased inflation or decreased economic growth."

Martin Feldstein, American Economist

Experience, Growth, Inflation, Now

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"The aim and the idea of the Four Year Plan were and remain entirely correct and necessary!"

"The aim and the idea of the Four Year Plan were and remain entirely correct and necessary!"

Hjalmar Schacht, German Economist

Creativity, Idea

13

"Material goods consist of useful material things, and of all rights to hold, or use, or derive benefits from material things, or to receive them at a future time."

"Material goods consist of useful material things, and of all rights to hold, or use, or derive benefits from material things, or to receive them at a future time."

Alfred Marshall, English Economist

Time, Benefits, Future, Rights

12

"I assure this committee that, if I am confirmed, I will be strictly independent of all political influences... essential to that institution's ability to function effectively and achieve its mandated objectives."

"I assure this committee that, if I am confirmed, I will be strictly independent of all political influences... essential to that institution's ability to function effectively and achieve its mandated objectives."

Ben Bernanke, American Economist

Ability, Committee, Objectives, Will

12

"People with low self-confidence and self-esteem often feel nervous about antagonizing others and tend to rate others' needs more highly than their own."

"People with low self-confidence and self-esteem often feel nervous about antagonizing others and tend to rate others' needs more highly than their own."

Auliq Ice, Ugandan Economist

Self-Esteem, Confidence, Needs, Fear, Self

12

"Let no man imagine that he has no influence. Whoever he may be, and wherever he may be placed, the man who thinks becomes a light and a power."

"Let no man imagine that he has no influence. Whoever he may be, and wherever he may be placed, the man who thinks becomes a light and a power."

Henry George, American Economist

Power, Influence, Light, Man

12

"All government wars are unjust."

"All government wars are unjust."

Murray Rothbard, American Economist

12

"Words ought to be a little wild, for they are the assaults of thoughts on the unthinking."

"Words ought to be a little wild, for they are the assaults of thoughts on the unthinking."

John Maynard Keynes, English Economist

Thought, Thoughts, Words

12

"It was in the 1960s that I began the detailed study of public regulation."

"It was in the 1960s that I began the detailed study of public regulation."

George Stigler, American Economist

12

"It has been the acknowledged right of every Marxist scholar to read into Marx the particular meaning that he himself prefers and to treat all others with indignation."

"It has been the acknowledged right of every Marxist scholar to read into Marx the particular meaning that he himself prefers and to treat all others with indignation."

John Kenneth Galbraith, American Economist

12

"Well, the U.S. is running a current account deficit; we are creating lots of investment opportunities in the United States that exceed our own domestic savings rates, so the issue here is to encourage higher savings rates in the United States."

"Well, the U.S. is running a current account deficit; we are creating lots of investment opportunities in the United States that exceed our own domestic savings rates, so the issue here is to encourage higher savings rates in the United States."

John W. Snow, American Economist

Economy, Investment, Running, States, United

12

"The methods by which a trade union can alone act, are necessarily destructive; its organization is necessarily tyrannical."

"The methods by which a trade union can alone act, are necessarily destructive; its organization is necessarily tyrannical."

Henry George, American Economist

12

"Liberals seem to assume that, if you don't believe in their particular political solutions, then you don't really care about the people that they claim to want to help."

"Liberals seem to assume that, if you don't believe in their particular political solutions, then you don't really care about the people that they claim to want to help."

Thomas Sowell, American Economist

People, Care, Help, Liberals

12

"In politics, as in poetry, it is sometimes true that it is darkest before dawn."

"In politics, as in poetry, it is sometimes true that it is darkest before dawn."

Larry Summers, American Economist

Poetry, Politics, Dawn

12

"I've made many mistakes, but I've learned from them."

"I've made many mistakes, but I've learned from them."

Auliq Ice, Ugandan Economist

Lesson, Mistake, Learning, Life, Growth

12

"It is by your own that you have to learn a lesson and they by themselves so that they will blame you not."

"It is by your own that you have to learn a lesson and they by themselves so that they will blame you not."

Auliq Ice, Ugandan Economist

Lesson, Blame, Self, Learning

12

"The outcome of any serious research can only be to make two questions grow where only one grew before."

"The outcome of any serious research can only be to make two questions grow where only one grew before."

Thorstein Veblen, American Economist

Question, Questions, Research

12

"For if you try to forget yourself, force your heart and thoughts to become indifferent to the sight before you and take share of that entity which seems like one of the courses of the meal."

"For if you try to forget yourself, force your heart and thoughts to become indifferent to the sight before you and take share of that entity which seems like one of the courses of the meal."

Auliq Ice, Ugandan Economist

Indifference, Self, Sharing, Thought

12

"If wrinkles must be written upon our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should never grow old."

"If wrinkles must be written upon our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should never grow old."

John Kenneth Galbraith, American Economist

Heart, Old, Spirit

12

"The social object of skilled investment should be to defeat the dark forces of time and ignorance which envelope our future."

"The social object of skilled investment should be to defeat the dark forces of time and ignorance which envelope our future."

John Maynard Keynes, English Economist

Time, Defeat, Future, Ignorance

12

"Here we are 17 years later. Those agencies never did come through."

"Here we are 17 years later. Those agencies never did come through."

Jeremy Rifkin, American Economist

Government, Years

12

"We have indeed at the moment little cause for pride: as a profession we have made a mess of things."

"We have indeed at the moment little cause for pride: as a profession we have made a mess of things."

Friedrich August von Hayek, Austrian Economist

Cause, Profession

12

"The job of the Central Bank is to worry."

"The job of the Central Bank is to worry."

Alice Rivlin, American Economist

12

"Any union that can't accept workers choosing their own representatives through universal franchise is finished."

"Any union that can't accept workers choosing their own representatives through universal franchise is finished."

Jacques Delors, French Economist

Government, Workers

12

"Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has been a history of replacing what worked with what sounded good."

"Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has been a history of replacing what worked with what sounded good."

Thomas Sowell, American Economist

History, Past, World

12

"Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it."

"Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it."

Thomas Sowell, American Economist

Failure, Socialism

12

"In the period from 1824 to 1833, the tendency was steadily in the former direction, but it was only in the latter part of it that it was made really efficient."

"In the period from 1824 to 1833, the tendency was steadily in the former direction, but it was only in the latter part of it that it was made really efficient."

Henry Charles Carey, American Economist

12

"Inflation is lower and more stable and the real business cycle fluctuations are more modest."

"Inflation is lower and more stable and the real business cycle fluctuations are more modest."

Martin Feldstein, American Economist

Business, Inflation

12

"The hope that poverty and ignorance may gradually be extinguished, derives indeed much support from the steady progress of the working classes during the nineteenth century."

"The hope that poverty and ignorance may gradually be extinguished, derives indeed much support from the steady progress of the working classes during the nineteenth century."

Alfred Marshall, English Economist

Progress, Hope, Ignorance, May

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