It is your mind that matters economically, as much or more than your mouth or hands. In the long run, the most important economic effect of population size and growth is the contribution of additional people to our stock of useful knowledge. And this contribution is large enough in the long run to overcome all the costs of population growth.
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By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
If you have to forecast, forecast often.
If you have to forecast, forecast often.
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The truth is that economic competition is the very opposite of competition in the animal kingdom. It is not a competition in the grabbing off of scarce nature-given supplies, as it is in the animal kingdom. Rather, it is a competition in the positive creation of new and additional wealth.
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If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion.
Taxation WITH representation ain't so hot either.
Taxation WITH representation ain't so hot either.
Only positive consequences encourage good future performances.
Only positive consequences encourage good future performances.
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