People value Halloween, like Valentine's Day, because they can tell themselves that it's not merely secularized but actually secular, which is to say, not Christian, Jewish, Hindu or Muslim.
In the end, all new schools, public or private, snobby or not, add value to the education market, making it bigger and more efficient, in the same wa… - Amity Shlaes
In the end, all new schools, public or private, snobby or not, add value to the education market, making it bigger and more efficient, in the same wa…
- Amity Shlaes
Coolidge was a pragmatist. He didn't start out with a tax theory. But he observed over time that lower tax rates sometimes brought in extra revenue. … - Amity Shlaes
Coolidge was a pragmatist. He didn't start out with a tax theory. But he observed over time that lower tax rates sometimes brought in extra revenue. …
Coolidge showed that the best government was the one that got out of the way. When he refrained, the economy grew, the Ku Klux Klan faded, and Americ… - Amity Shlaes
Coolidge showed that the best government was the one that got out of the way. When he refrained, the economy grew, the Ku Klux Klan faded, and Americ…
There's something unsettling about the education of a child who comfortably enumerates the rules for surviving zombie apocalypse but finds it uncomfo… - Amity Shlaes
There's something unsettling about the education of a child who comfortably enumerates the rules for surviving zombie apocalypse but finds it uncomfo…
Anything can be done if you find friends to do it with. - Amity Shlaes
Anything can be done if you find friends to do it with.
Economics are part of our life. We try to treat them separately, like over there is the economy and here is history. Econ affects history and history… - Amity Shlaes
Economics are part of our life. We try to treat them separately, like over there is the economy and here is history. Econ affects history and history…
Coolidge believed that government officials who tell themselves that spending benefits the economy delude themselves and the citizens. Government bud… - Amity Shlaes
Coolidge believed that government officials who tell themselves that spending benefits the economy delude themselves and the citizens. Government bud…
To investors, job creation is a second-order effect. Market participants care first about interest rates, exchange rates, bond prices and the one gre… - Amity Shlaes
To investors, job creation is a second-order effect. Market participants care first about interest rates, exchange rates, bond prices and the one gre…
Disillusionment can come as fast as a gust, but building faith that the government won't inflate again is like building a new sailboat, a project of … - Amity Shlaes
Disillusionment can come as fast as a gust, but building faith that the government won't inflate again is like building a new sailboat, a project of …
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