Quotes of: Milton Keyword

Being pregnant was a lot like being a child again. There was always someone telling you what to do.

Emily Oster

One of the big take-aways from a lot of economic theory is that people should engage in consumption smoothing.

Emily Oster

Public discussions are part of what it takes to make changes in the trillions of graphics published each year.

Edward Tufte

There are many true statements about complex topics that are too long to fit on a PowerPoint slide.

Edward Tufte

In the long run all producers are forced to use the most efficient methods or give place to others who do.

Frank Knight

Look around, and you see everywhere the exertions and acts of individuals restricted, regulated, or promoted, on the principle of the common welfare.

Friedrich List

If NATO goes in and solves the crisis in Darfur, when the next one comes along Africa's leaders will just sit back.

George Ayittey

When Uganda got debt relief in 1999, the first item President Museveni bought was a presidential jacket for himself.

George Ayittey

Virtually all of Africa's civil wars were started by politically marginalized or excluded groups.

George Ayittey

The election of Senator Barack Obama brought jubilation across Africa, where millions celebrated him as 'one of their own.'

George Ayittey

Justification for infidelity and dishonesty in all their manifestations lies in the marginal cost economics of “just this once.

Clayton M. Christensen

A single tree in the tropical forest in the south of Mexico has more different species than some European countries.

Carlos Salinas de Gortari

Tax increases appear to have a very large sustained and highly significant negative impact on output.

Christina Romer

There is still a severe and scary amount of extreme poverty in rural parts of India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Burma and sub-Saharan Africa.

Hans Rosling

I just had to plod along without having any teaching, which was a pity.

Ida Rentoul Outhwaite

I should have been a much better artist if I could have studied more and amused myself less.

Ida Rentoul Outhwaite

G.D.P. is not a measure of how much value is produced for consumers. Everybody should recognize that G.D.P. is not a welfare metric.

Erik Brynjolfsson

In a way, it has been an advantage for me to be a woman because there is always some academic committee that needs you to fill a quota!

Esther Duflo

Do people really believe there's something different about the eyes of murderers?

Bill James

Crime stories show us the part of people's lives they try to keep hidden.

Bill James

There are, I believe, many more false confessions to murders than true confessions.

Bill James