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Thursday 22nd of October 2026

Economics [T]he best economic order would help to generate a distribution political resources favorable to voting equality, effective participation, enlightened understanding, and final control of the political agenda by all adults subject to the laws. … But we may reasonably demand that our economic order also be just. Robert A. Dahl, A Preface to Economic Democracy © 2018 Kwiple.com
Economics For far too long, the economics profession has had physics envy, rewarding and promoting people who are better at maths than morality. Rana Foroohar, Financial Times, December 16, 2019 © 2019 Kwiple.com
Economics In economics as in life things often take longer to happen than you think they will and then happen faster than you thought they could. Lawrence Summers, Financial Times, June 4, 2017 © 2017 Kwiple.com
Economics In the new version of the law of supply and demand, jobs are so cheap — as measured by the pay — that a worker is encouraged to take on as many of them as she possibly can. Barbara Ehrenreich, Nickel and Dimed © 2015 Kwiple.com
Economics Many economic policies that have had painful consequences for working-class Americans probably exist because white-collar Americans are the ones calling the shots. Nicholas Carnes, White-Collar Government © 2019 Kwiple.com
Economics Their [Janet Yellen and George Akerlof's] paper showed that salaries can be far higher than expected when human emotions are valued. Rational Mom and Dad, it turns out, may behave quite differently from Rational Man. Rana Foroohar, Financial Times, November 29, 2020 © 2020 Kwiple.com
 
Economists An economist is a person with a Phi Beta Kappa key on one end of his watch chain and no watch on the other. Ronald Reagan © 2023 Kwiple.com