Jan Tinbergen - Policy Quotes

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The central question of economic policy is the question of the effectiveness of its various instruments.

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The shaping or reformulation of the aims of economic policy which are only vaguely felt may be exemplified in the aim of social justice.

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The main sources of tension in today's world economy could be grouped under the following categories:
(i) the underdevelopment of a large part of world
(ii) competition between different economic systems
(iii) the passing of colonialism
(iv) economic instability, especially in primary markets, and
(v) national shortsightedness, especially in trade policy

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