economist Quotes
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In a system of free trade and free markets poor countries – and poor people – are not poor because others are rich. Indeed, if others became less rich the poor would in all probability become still poorer.
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Paper money is liable to be abused, has been, is, and forever will be abused, in every country in which it is permitted.
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Sanctions are not diplomacy. They are a precursor to war and an embarrassment to a country that pays lip service to free trade.
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Do countries with strong gun control laws have lower murder rates? Only if you cherry-pick the data.
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A friend from India told me that a countryman of his said: 'I want to go to America. I want to see a country where poor people are fat.'
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Citizenship should be based on those who have a close and real relationship with this country and its inhabitants.
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I think that the important point is we’ve got to have a president who understands the benefits of free trade but also is going to enforce unfair trade agreements and is going to stand up to other countries.
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The vast majority of our imports come from outside the country.
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It’s not debt per say that overwhelms an individual corporation or country. Rather it is a continuous increase in debt in relation to income that causes trouble.
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Whether Barack Obama is simply incompetent as president or has some hidden agenda to undermine this country, at home and abroad, he has nearly everything he needs to ruin America, including a fool for a vice president.