Manny Shinwell, Baron Shinwell famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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I am not against a little inflation.
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Private enterprise in cricket might not be regarded as the last word, and ultimate state direction would not do it any harm.
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We know that the organised workers of the country are our friends. As for the rest, they don't matter a tinker's cuss.
-- Manny Shinwell, Baron Shinwell
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A tiny remnant of a big thing is better than a whole little thing.
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Economists who speak the English tongue are strangely intimidated by mathematical symbols.
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"Murphys law of economic policy": Economists have the least influence on policy where they know the most and are most agreed; they have the most influence on policy where they know the least and disagree most vehemently.
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It is in the social sphere, in the realm of politics and economics, that the Will to Order becomes really dangerous.
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To balance Fortune by a just expense, Join with Economy, Magnificence.
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Every short statement about economics is misleading (with the possible exception of my present one).
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Violence and fraud can create no right.
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Economists are about as useful as astrologers in predicting the future (and, like astrologers, they never let failure on one occasion diminish certitude on the next).
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Inflation is repudiation.
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Continued inflation inevitably leads to catastrophe.
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