Occupation: Professor Birth: August 27, 1916 Death: September 8, 1999
Things that can't go on forever... don't..
Economists are very good at saying that something cannot go on forever, but not so good at saying when it will stop..
If a thing can't go on forever, it will eventually stop..
Consumer: A person who is capable of choosing a president but incapable of choosing a bicycle without help from a government agency..
If you asked a sample of Americans "What is the temperature of Mars?" about 8% would say they don't know..
Psychiatrist to patient: Maybe you don't have a complex. Maybe you are inferior..
Whatever may be the distribution of uncertainty among economists, the public only gets to hear from those who have certain opinions..
Trends that can't continue, won't..
For almost 50 years polls have shown that a large majority of the public believe that the budget should be balanced, and for all that time they have ….
[The Democrats] will say that the Reagan administrtion has given benefits to the rich at the expense of the poor - a term that they define broadly to….
If something cannot go on for ever, it will stop.
If something is inevitable, it will happen.