Author: William Vickrey

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

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

- 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.

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.

- William Vickrey

If unemployment could be brought down to say 2 percent at the cost of an assured steady rate of inflation of 10 percent per year, or even 20 percent, this would be a good bargain.

If unemployment could be brought down to say 2 percent at the cost of an assured steady rate of inflation of 10 percent per year, or even 20 percent, this would be a good bargain.

- William Vickrey

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