Arthur Melvin Okun Quotes

History tells us that the threat to prosperity is not debt but socialism.

- George Gilder

Economist

· USA

• Debt
• Prosperity
• Socialism

Globalization was a deep trend pushed by technology and right ideas, as much as anything else.

- Jeffrey Sachs

Economist

· USA

• Ideas
• Technology
• Trends

History , as it comes into our daily lives, is charged with surprise and shock.

- Robert Heilbroner

Economist

· USA

• Surprise

Hindsight plays tricks on our minds.

- Jeremy Siegel

Economist

· USA

• Hindsight
• Mind

The world got side-tracked from development issues during the post-9/11 crisis period.

- Jeffrey Sachs

Economist

· USA

• Development
• Issues

It is the rate of investment which governs the rate of saving, and not vice versa.

- Joan Robinson

Economist

· United Kingdom

• Investment
• Saving
• Vices

Whatever you can rightly say about India, the opposite is also true.

- Joan Robinson

Economist

· United Kingdom

• India
• Opposites

Fear can indeed be the beginning of wisdom.

- Barbara Ward

Economist

· United Kingdom

• God

Amateurs want to be right. Professionals want to make money.

- Alan Greenspan

Economist

· USA

• Making Money

So the American economy needs the world, and the world needs the American economy.

- Rodrigo Rato

Economist

· Spain

• Economy