“My undergraduate work was in computer science and economics. It just happened to be at that time when 34 percent of computer-science majors were women. We didn't realize it was at the peak at the time.” RealizingHappenedComputerMajorsPercentEconomicsComputer ScienceUndergraduate Author:Melinda Gates
“We can use economic instruments to help realize our goals but economics does not tell us what our goals should be.” ShouldDoeHelpingUseGoalRealizingEconomicEconomicsInstruments Author:Dale Jamieson
“In many ways, love seems to be totally divorced from economics. But then you realize - well, the stakes are high. This is something that matters to us. We're dealing with scarcity. I mean, if you're dating one person, at the very least, you don't have as much time to date another person. And you may well find that you can only date one person at a time.” IfsWayWellsMayMeanPersonsMatterSeemsRealizingEconomicsDatingStakesDivorcedScarcity Author:Tim Harford
“Once you realize that trickle-down economics does not work, you will see the excessive tax cuts for the rick as what they are -- a simple upward redistribution of income, rather than a way to make all of us richer, as we were told.” WayDoeRealizingSimpleCuttingTaxesEconomicsIncomeTax CutsTrickle DownTrickle Down EconomicsIncome Redistribution Author:Ha-Joon Chang
“Used to the conditions of a capitalistic environment, the average American takes it for granted that every year business makes something new and better accessible to him. Looking backward upon the years of his own life, he realizes that many implements that were totally unknown in the days of his youth and many others which at that time could be enjoyed only by a small minority are now standard equipment of almost every household.” YearsPhilosophyPoliticalUsedRealizingEnvironmentConditionsYouthStandardsEconomicsAverageGrantedEnjoyedMinoritiesSomething NewHouseholdLooking BackEquipment Book:Economic freedom and interventionism: an anthology of articles and essays Source: Economic freedom and interventionism: an anthology of articles and essays
“One day, because they realize for some reason or other that they must stop credit expansion, the banks do stop creating new credit to lend. Then the firms that have expanded cannot get credit to pay for the factors of production necessary for the completion of the investment projects which they have already committed themselves. Because they cannot pay their bills, they sell off their inventories cheap. Then comes the panic, the breakdown. And the depression starts.” ReasonRealizingPayOne DayProjectsCreatingEconomicsBillsSellsInvestmentCommittedProductionsCreditFactorsFirmPanicExpansionBreakdownCompletionInventoryFactors Of Production Author:Ludwig von Mises
“Do you realize that the 850 billion dollar bank bailout, that sum of money is greater than the entire 50 year running budget of NASA. And so when someone says, 'We don't have enough money for this space probe.' No, it's not that you don't have enough money. It's that the distribution of money that you're spending is warped in some way that you are removing the only thing that gives people something to dream about tomorrow.” PeopleWayGivingYearsEnoughDreamRunningRealizingSpaceEconomyGreaterProgressEconomicTomorrowFutureEconomicsDollarsSpendingBillionsPrioritiesBudgetsDistributionNasaRemovalPrioritizeProbingBailouts Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“We do not need to understand economics in order to experience the benefits of freedom of exchange and production. But we may very well need to understand economics in order to sustain and maintain the institutional framework that enables us to realize the benefits that flow from freedom of exchange and production.” NeedsWellsMayOrderRealizingBenefitsEconomicsFlowProductionsFramework Author:Peter Boettke