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Robert Kuttner Quotes

In practice, a good deal of the outcomes produced by the market reflect nothing more than luck - good or bad Picture Quote #1

Donald Rumsfeld should not just be impeached. He should be tried as a war criminal. As for Bush, he can be dispatched by the electorate while we are still a democracy Picture Quote #1

$Britain, with the most completely socialized health system in the West, now spends the lowest fraction of GNP on health care of any major nation. There are frequent complaints of excessive waits for elective surgery and other inconveniences, but British citizens live slightly longer than Americans, on average, and our overall health conditions are comparable Picture Quote #1$

The Unheavenly Chorus is the definitive study of participatory inequality in America. Marshaling prodigious evidence, the authors show how money not only buys influence directly but also affects associations that are supposed to be democratic antidotes to concentrated wealth. A monumental achievement of careful scholarship, this book offers real knowledge of how politics actually operates Picture Quote #1

Though editorialists at The New York Times and The Washington Post still don’t get it, most Democrats in Congress finally do: Today’s trade disputes are no longer mostly about tariffs, quotas, or free entry of goods. They are about the ground rules for capitalism. Are there to be only property rights? What about the other rights that liberal democracies have fought for since the 1880s? Picture Quote #1

Not surprisingly, extensive effort in Britain and America goes into finding tax shelter. The system is efficient for the shelter industry, not for the economy Picture Quote #1

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Henry Ford, in a sense, was the first Keynesian. He paid his assembly workers high wages so they could afford to buy his cars Picture Quote #1

But of course you can have your cake and eat it, too - if you decide to to bake a second cake. And you may well find that baking two cakes does not take twice the work of baking one Picture Quote #1

The economic illusion is the belief that social justice is bad for economic growth Picture Quote #1

What do you call an economist with a prediction? Wrong Picture Quote #1

As a scholarly discipline, economics has always suffered from physics envy Picture Quote #1

Technological advance often thrives in sheltered and subsidized markets, which defy free trade Picture Quote #1

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If social security depresses savings rates, it is only because it is unfunded Picture Quote #1

Technological change is beneficial only when other jobs replace the ones lost Picture Quote #1

Why, then, should we have to lower our living standards? What is the mysterious source of the economic loss? If productivity is increasing, why should we sacrifice services and wages? Picture Quote #1

In a world where technology and capital are highly transferable, there is a real risk that comparative advantage comes to be defined as whose labor force will work for the lowest wage Picture Quote #1

Can we reverse these deeply rooted sources sources of inequality? Or are they just endemic to a capitalist economy? Picture Quote #1

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In practice, a good deal of the outcomes produced by the market reflect nothing more than luck - good or bad. (Robert Kuttner Quotes) Donald Rumsfeld should not just be impeached. He should be tried as a war criminal. As for Bush, he can be dispatched by the electorate while we are still a democracy. (Robert Kuttner Quotes) Britain, with the most completely socialized health system in the West, now spends the lowest fraction of GNP on health care of any major nation. There are frequent complaints of excessive waits for elective surgery and other inconveniences, but British citizens live slightly longer than Americans, on average, and our overall health conditions are comparable (Robert Kuttner Quotes) The Unheavenly Chorus is the definitive study of participatory inequality in America. Marshaling prodigious evidence, the authors show how money not only buys influence directly but also affects associations that are supposed to be democratic antidotes to concentrated wealth. A monumental achievement of careful scholarship, this book offers real knowledge of how politics actually operates (Robert Kuttner Quotes) Though editorialists at The New York Times and The Washington Post still don’t get it, most Democrats in Congress finally do: Today’s trade disputes are no longer mostly about tariffs, quotas, or free entry of goods. They are about the ground rules for capitalism. Are there to be only property rights? What about the other rights that liberal democracies have fought for since the 1880s? (Robert Kuttner Quotes) Not surprisingly, extensive effort in Britain and America goes into finding tax shelter. The system is efficient for the shelter industry, not for the economy (Robert Kuttner Quotes) Henry Ford, in a sense, was the first Keynesian. He paid his assembly workers high wages so they could afford to buy his cars (Robert Kuttner Quotes) But of course you can have your cake and eat it, too - if you decide to to bake a second cake. And you may well find that baking two cakes does not take twice the work of baking one (Robert Kuttner Quotes) The economic illusion is the belief that social justice is bad for economic growth (Robert Kuttner Quotes) What do you call an economist with a prediction? Wrong (Robert Kuttner Quotes) As a scholarly discipline, economics has always suffered from physics envy (Robert Kuttner Quotes) Technological advance often thrives in sheltered and subsidized markets, which defy free trade (Robert Kuttner Quotes) If social security depresses savings rates, it is only because it is unfunded (Robert Kuttner Quotes) Technological change is beneficial only when other jobs replace the ones lost (Robert Kuttner Quotes) Why, then, should we have to lower our living standards? What is the mysterious source of the economic loss? If productivity is increasing, why should we sacrifice services and wages? (Robert Kuttner Quotes) In a world where technology and capital are highly transferable, there is a real risk that comparative advantage comes to be defined as whose labor force will work for the lowest wage (Robert Kuttner Quotes) Can we reverse these deeply rooted sources sources of inequality? Or are they just endemic to a capitalist economy? (Robert Kuttner Quotes)