Manny Shinwell, Baron Shinwell famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

  • A tiny remnant of a big thing is better than a whole little thing.

  • Economists who speak the English tongue are strangely intimidated by mathematical symbols.

  • "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.

  • It is in the social sphere, in the realm of politics and economics, that the Will to Order becomes really dangerous.

  • To balance Fortune by a just expense, Join with Economy, Magnificence.

  • Every short statement about economics is misleading (with the possible exception of my present one).

  • Violence and fraud can create no right.

  • 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).

  • Inflation is repudiation.

  • Continued inflation inevitably leads to catastrophe.

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