“The ECB's interventions in sovereign bond markets should not be perceived or interpreted as a 'freebie' for governments. They are temporary.” ShouldGovernmentTemporarySovereignInterventionBond Market Author:Lucas Papademos
“Neither the George W. Bush nor the Obama administrations volunteered to bail out G.M., Chrysler and other parts of the auto sector. Both subscribed firmly to the longstanding American principle that government should resolutely avoid these kinds of interventions, particularly in the industrial sector.” ShouldKindGovernmentPrinciplesAdministrationInterventionBailChrysler Author:Steven Rattner
“We are watching industries crumble, Wall Street firms disappear, unemployment spike, and unprecedented government intervention. And our designated opinion leaders want to know: Is Obama up this week? Is he down? And is his leadership style more like Bill Clinton's, or Abraham Lincoln's?” KnowsWantGovernmentLeaderOpinionWeekStreetsStyleWallIndustryDown AndBillsClintonDisappearFirmUnemploymentInterventionAbrahamUnprecedentedGovernment InterventionLeadership StyleOpinion Leaders Author:Thomas Frank
“The FHA's success provides strong evidence that government can and should play a role in the nation's mortgage finance system. It also demonstrates that although government intervention in the economy during the Great Recession was messy, things would have been a lot messier without it.” ShouldHas BeensPlayGovernmentStrongNationsRolesEconomyEvidenceFinanceInterventionMessyMortgageRecessionsGovernment InterventionGreat Recession Author:Mark Zandi
“It has become fashionable to rail against government intervention in the economy, and the FHA is a favorite example by those trying to show the government's overreach. In reality, the FHA shows how government action during the Great Recession forestalled a much worse economic fate.” TryingShowsRealityGovernmentActionEconomyFateEconomicExampleInterventionFashionableRecessionsRailGovernment InterventionGreat Recession Author:Mark Zandi
“Both history and contemporary data show that countries prosper more when there are stable and dependable rules, under which people can make investments without having to fear unpredictable new government interventions before these investments can pay off.” PeopleCountryShowsGovernmentPayInvestmentContemporaryDataStableUnpredictableInterventionDependableNew GovernmentGovernment Intervention Author:Thomas Sowell
“I started out by viewing the marketplace as a cruel place, where you need intervention by government and lawyers to protect people. But after watching the regulators work, I have come to believe that markets are magical and the best protectors of the consumer. It is my job to explain the beauties of the free market.” PeopleNeedsBelieveGovernmentJobsProtectLawyerConsumersFree MarketInterventionMarketplaceProtectorRegulators Author:John Stossel
“Whether we like it or not, government intervention in the face of surplus is here to stay.” GovernmentFacesInterventionSurplusGovernment Intervention Author:Benjamin Graham
“No diplomatic intervention will ever be made by any government that I lead in support of any individual terrorist's life. We have only indicated in the past, and will maintain a policy in the future, of intervening diplomatically in support of Australian nationals who face capital sentences abroad.” MadeGovernmentPastFacesIndividualSupportPolicySentencesTerroristInterventionAustralianDiplomaticLead InIntervening Author:Kevin Rudd
“In proportion as the people are accustomed to manage their affairs by their own active intervention, instead of leaving them to the government, their desires will turn to repelling tyranny, rather than to tyrannizing: while in proportion as all ready initiative and direction resides in the government, and individuals habitually feel and act as under its perpetual tutelage, popular institutions develop in them not the desire of freedom, but an unmeasured appetite for place and power.” PeopleFeelsGovernmentDesireTurnsPoliticsIndividualEconomyReadyInstitutionsLeavingAffairActiveTyrannyManageProportionLiberalismAppetitePerpetualInitiativeAccustomedInterventionTutelageRepelling Author:John Stuart Mill
“Every government intervention [in the marketplace] creates unintended consequences, which lead to calls for further government interventions.” GovernmentConsequenceInterventionMarketplaceUnintended ConsequencesGovernment Intervention Author:Ludwig von Mises
“In no way have we contemplated the intervention of the army in tasks that belong to police at the different levels of government. What is contemplated .. is support from the army in these tasks but not in direct actions that correspond to municipal, state and federal police.” WayDifferentStatesGovernmentActionLevelsSupportTasksDirectArmyPoliceContemplationInterventionDifferent LevelsDirect Action Author:Ruben Aguilar