Thomas Sowell the African American
economist who is also a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. Here are some
of his more famous quotes on economic issues.
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• “Rhetoric
is no substitute for reality.”
“Intellect is not wisdom.” “Some of
the biggest cases of mistaken identity are among intellectuals who have trouble
remembering that they are not God.”
• Despite
a voluminous and often fervent literature on “income distribution” the cold
fact is that most income is not distributed: It is earned.
“There are only two ways of telling
the complete truth anonymously and posthumously.”
When you want to help people, tell
them the truth. When you want to help yourself tell them what they want to
hear. -Thomas Sowell
The first lesson of economics is
scarcity: There is never enough of anything to satisfy all those who want it.
The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics.
• It
is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than
by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being
wrong.
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