Paul Samuelson

I did not throw out my education lightly, but what I was being taught was of no use in explaining what I saw around me. It was the Great Depression.

The consumer, so it is said, is the king each is a voter who uses his money as votes to get the things done that he wants done.

Thousands of important and intelligent men have never been able to grasp the principle of comparative advantage or believe it even after it was explained to them

Let those who will write the nation's laws, if I can write its textbooks.