“The doctrine of population has been conspicuously absent, not because I doubt in the least its truth and vast importance, but because it forms no part of the direct problem of economics.” Has BeensProblemFormDoubtEconomicsDirectImportancePopulationDoctrineAbsent Author:Thomas Malthus
“I often use music as a handle for very emotionally explosive substances: love, sex, God, fear, doubt, politics, the economics of the soul - these are daunting thoughts in the back of my mind that I rarely visit without the safety gloves of song.” MindSoulUseSongSexDoubtEconomicsSafetyHandleSubstanceGlovesOf My MindExplosives Author:Jon Foreman
“I doubt whether there is any subject in the world of equal importance that has received so little serious and articulate consideration as the economic status of the family - of its members in relation to each other and of the whole unit in relation to the other units of which the community is made up.” WorldLittlesMadeWholeCommunityFamilyDoubtEconomicSubjectsSeriousEqualMembersEconomicsImportanceRelationConsiderationUnitsEconomic Status Author:Eleanor Rathbone
“Now many such things may be done without intitling the people to rise in arms. A gross, flagrant, and palpable abuse no doubt will do it, as if they should be required to pay a tax equal to half or third of their substance.” PeopleIfsShouldMayDonePhilosophyPoliticalPayHalfDoubtArmsTaxesEqualEconomicsThirdsAbuseSubstanceNo DoubtGross Author:Adam Smith
“Economics is like the Dutch language - I'm told it makes sense, but I have my doubts.” LanguageDoubtEconomicsMake SenseDutch Author:John Oliver
“The trickle-down theory of economics has it that it's good for rich people to get even richer because some of their wealth will trickle own, through their no doubt lavish spending, upon those who stand below them on the economic ladder. Notice that the metaphor is not that of a gushing waterfall but of a leaking tap: even the most optimistic endorsers of this concept do not picture very much real flow, as their language reveals" pg. 102.” PeopleRealLanguageWealthRichDoubtEconomicTheoryConceptsEconomicsFlowMetaphorSpendingOptimisticNo DoubtLaddersRich PeopleWaterfallsTrickle Down Author:Margaret Atwood
“We cannot doubt that self-interest is the mainspring of human nature. It must be clearly understood that this word is used here to designate a universal, incontestable fact, resulting from the nature of man, and not an adverse judgment, as would be the word selfishness.” MenHumansSelfFactsWould BeUsedInterestLibertyDoubtEconomicHuman NatureJudgmentUnderstoodEconomicsUniversalSelfishnessSelf InterestAdverseNature Of Man Author:Frederic Bastiat
“I've never believed protectionism of that kind will lead us anywhere. I think you can have certain specific rules for engaging with India.. for example, not allowing mineral resources to be taken out of the country.. but there is not a shred of doubt in my mind that when you open an economy you should do it in totality. Foreign investment adds a sense of competition; we should see this as a wake-up call to modernise and upgrade. Companies that do not will undoubtedly die.” ThinkingShouldMindKindCountryCertainDiesCompanyEconomyTakenDoubtExampleResourcesEconomicsIndiaWake UpAddCompetitionInvestmentAllowingEngagingTotalityMineralsWake Up CallProtectionismMineral Resources Author:Ratan Tata
“American democracy is a chess-game in which pawns imagine themselves to be free individuals with wills of their own: that delusion is one of the rules of the game, without which the game could not continue. I doubt anyone, no matter how sharp and sharp-tongued, could succeed in getting across to high school students how vital an acute mind is for just keeping a grip on one's life and earnings in our mendacious politics and economics. No wonder our school system is devoutly dedicated to demoralizing and blunting such minds.” MindMatterSchoolAmericaGamesIndividualEducationWonderDemocracyDoubtImagineStudentsSucceedHigh SchoolEconomicsChessDelusionDedicatedEarningPawnsSchool SystemChess GameAmerican DemocracyRules Of The GameDemoralizingHigh School StudentsPolitics And Economics Author:Kenny Smith