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An almost hysterical antagonism toward the gold standard is one issue which unites statists of all persuasions. They seem to sense... that gold and economic freedom are inseparable.
Alan Greenspan
EconomistAmerican1926 · 20th century
4.2 · 5 votes · 18 reads
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Society
A gold standard doesn't imply stability in the prices of the goods and services that people buy every day, it implies a stability in the price of gold itself.
Ben Bernanke
EconomistAmerican1953 · 20th century
3.9 · 61 votes · 100 reads
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Society
As far as Athens is concerned, I also think about all those people who are trying to escape tax all the time. All these people in Greece who are trying to escape tax.
Christine Lagarde
EconomistFrench1956 · 20th century
3.2 · 37 votes · 177 reads
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Government and Politics
All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership.
John Kenneth Galbraith
EconomistAmerican1908 · 20th century
3.2 · 23 votes · 147 reads
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Government and Politics
A specter is haunting Europe - the specter of communism.
Karl Marx
EconomistGerman1818 · 19th century
3.1 · 31 votes · 78 reads
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Defects
Boredom is the dream bird that hatches the egg of experience. A rustling in the leaves drives him away.
Walter Bagehot
EconomistBritish1826 · 19th century
3.7 · 19 votes · 30 reads
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Thought and Reason
A study of the history of opinion is a necessary preliminary to the emancipation of the mind.
John Maynard Keynes
EconomistBritish1883 · 19th century
3.9 · 42 votes · 15 reads
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Various
A good picture is equivalent to a good deed.
Vilfredo Pareto
EconomistItaly1848 · 19th century
5.0 · 38 votes · 154 reads
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Society
Governments must commit to sound economic and financial policies. This is how we ensure reform in the euro area - and our independence.
Mario Draghi
EconomistItalian1947 · 20th century
4.2 · 33 votes · 55 reads
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