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“In the 1980s, there were occasions when it made sense to say, 'it is too difficult to maximize the likelihood function, and besides if we do, it will blow our model out of the water.”

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Thomas J. Sargent

Thomas J. Sargent is a renowned economist born on July 19, 1943. His research in economics encompasses macroeconomics, econometrics, and monetary economics, among other fields, and has had a profound impact on the development of modern economics. more

“The positive nature of some child-adult sexual relationships is not confined to non-Western cultures. Several of my friends - gay and straight, male and female - had sex with adults from the ages of nine to 13. None feel they were abused. All say it was their conscious choice and gave them great joy.”

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Author:Peter Tatchell

“Women and gay people are the litmus test of whether a society is democratic and respecting human rights. We are the canaries in the mine.”

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Author:Peter Tatchell

“Over a long period of time, the main force in favor of greater equality has been the diffusion of knowledge and skills.”

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Book:Capital in the Twenty-First Century

Source: Capital in the Twenty-First Century

“When the rate of return on capital exceeds the rate of growth of output and income, as it did in the nineteenth century and seems quite likely to do again in the twenty-first, capitalism automatically generates arbitrary and unsustainable inequalities that radically undermine the meritocratic values on which democratic societies are based.”

Source: Capital in the Twenty-First Century

Quote by Thomas J. Sargent

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