“Marriage emerged some forty-five hundred years ago and evolved into a widespread and accepted institution that bonded families, maintained order, and created wealth. Unlike today, where many of us are searching for our romantic "soul mate," marriage was originally more about economics than deep emotion.” YearsSoulTodayOrderWealthEmotionFiveHundredYears AgoEconomicsInstitutionsAcceptedFortyMatesSoul MateDeep Emotions Book:'Till Death Do Us Part: Love, Marriage, and the Mind of the Killer Spouse Source: 'Till Death Do Us Part: Love, Marriage, and the Mind of the Killer Spouse
“Kelsoism is not accepted by modern scientific economics as a valid and fruitful analysis of the distribution of income but rather it is regarded as an amateurish and cranky fad.” WisdomPoliticsEconomyModernEconomicsAcceptedIncomeAnalysisLiberalismDistributionFadsCranky Author:Paul Samuelson
“Rock 'n' roll accepted me and paid me, even though I loved the big bands I went that way because I wanted a home of my own. I had a family. I had to raise them. Let's don't leave out the economics. No way.” WayHomeBigsWantedMy OwnRocksBandEconomicsPaidRaisesAcceptedRock N Roll Author:Chuck Berry
“There is no other proposition in economics that has more solid empirical evidence supporting it than the Efficient Market Hypothesis... In the literature of finance, accounting, and the economics of uncertainty, the EMH is accepted as a fact of life.” FactsLiteratureEvidenceEconomicsInvestingAcceptedFinanceUncertaintyEfficientPropositionsHypothesisFacts Of LifeAccountingEmpirical EvidenceEfficient Markets Author:Michael Jensen
“I was about to get a degree in economics when I accepted that I'd be a lousy businessman, and if I didn't give acting a try I'd regret it for the rest of my life.” IfsInspirationalGivingTryingFunnyActingRegretDegreesEconomicsAcceptedGraduationBusinessman Author:Peter Gallagher
“[...] it is generally accepted that the Civil War was fought over the issue of slavery. That, at best, is a half-truth. Slavery was an issue, but the primary force for war was a clash between the economic interests of the North and the South. Even the issue of slavery itself was based on economics.” WarForceInterestHalfIssuesEconomicEconomicsSlaverySouthAcceptedPrimariesCivil WarClashHalf Truth Author:G. Edward Griffin
“People are not embracing collectivism because they have accepted bad economics. They are accepting bad economics because they have embraced collectivism.” PeopleAcceptingEconomicsAcceptedCollectivism Book:Letters of Ayn Rand Source: Letters of Ayn Rand