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“In the long run we are all dead.”

“The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that still carries any reward.”

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Author:John Maynard Keynes

“An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today.”

“And I know this happens because I took economics, and I'd explain it to ya, but I flunked that course. Not my fault. They taught it at 8 o'clock in the morning. And there is absolutely nothing you can learn out of one bloodshot eye.”

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Author:Lewis Black

“A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain.”

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Book:The quotable Mark Twain: his essential aphorisms, witticisms & concise opinions

Source: The quotable Mark Twain: his essential aphorisms, witticisms & concise opinions

“Stocks have reached what looks like a permanently high plateau.”

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Author:Irving Fisher

“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.”

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Author:Peter Gallagher

“If you lived with a roommate as unstable as this economic system, you would’ve moved out or demanded that your roommate get professional help.”

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Author:Richard D. Wolff

“If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?”

“Inflation is when you pay fifteen dollars for the ten-dollar haircut you used to get for five dollars when you had hair.”