Posts in Economics
Wish I'd said that - February 10, 2021

“Every man desires to obtain additional wealth with as little sacrifice as possible.”

N.W. Senior in 1836 “laying down the first of the four principles of Political Economy” quoted in “What is Left of Adam Smith?” in Stephen Leacock On the Front Line of Life

Wish I'd said that - February 4, 2021

“They [the framers of the American Constitution] knew that rules of government, however brilliantly calculated to cope with the imperfect nature of man, however carefully designed to avoid the pitfalls of power, would be no match for men who were determined to disregard them.”

Barry Goldwater The Conscience of a Conservative