Author: Paul Samuelson

Quotes

Economics has never been a science - and it is even less now than a few years ago.

Economics has never been a science - and it is even less now than a few years ago.

- Paul Samuelson

Every good cause is worth some inefficiency.

Every good cause is worth some inefficiency.

- Paul Samuelson

Economics is a choice between alternatives all the time. Those are the trade-offs.

Economics is a choice between alternatives all the time. Those are the trade-offs.

- Paul Samuelson

I can't think of a president who has been overburdened by a knowledge of economics.

I can't think of a president who has been overburdened by a knowledge of economics.

- Paul Samuelson

It is indeed true that the stock market can forecast the business cycle.

It is indeed true that the stock market can forecast the business cycle.

- Paul Samuelson

The very name of my subject, economics, suggests economizing or maximizing. But Political Economy has gone a long way beyond home economics.

The very name of my subject, economics, suggests economizing or maximizing. But Political Economy has gone a long way beyond home economics.

- Paul Samuelson

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