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Consumer: A person who is capable of choosing a president but incapable of choosing a bicycle without help from a government agency.

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If something cannot go on forever, it will stop.

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Whatever may be the distribution of uncertainty among economists, the public only gets to hear from those who have certain opinions.

Herbert Stein

Herbert Stein

Herbert Stein

Born: August 27, 1916

Died: September 8, 1999 (aged 83)

Bio: Herbert Stein was a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and was on the board of contributors of The Wall Street Journal. He was chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.

Known for:

The fiscal revolution in America (1969)
Presidential economics (1984)

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