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owning capital is not a productive activity.


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The purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to economic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by economists.

The purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to economic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by economists.



The only thing worse than being exploited by capitalism is not being exploited by capitalism.

The only thing worse than being exploited by capitalism is not being exploited by capitalism.



Ideology is like breath: you never smell your own.

Ideology is like breath: you never smell your own.



The first essential for economists ... is to ... combat, not foster, the ideology which pretends that values which can be measured in terms of money are the only ones that ought to count.

The first essential for economists ... is to ... combat, not foster, the ideology which pretends that values which can be measured in terms of money are the only ones that ought to count.



The point of studying economics is so as not to be fooled by economists.

The point of studying economics is so as not to be fooled by economists.



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

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



Economic theorists should not make such a production about taking a rabbit out of a hat after having put the rabbit into the hat in full view of the audience.

Economic theorists should not make such a production about taking a rabbit out of a hat after having put the rabbit into the hat in full view of the audience.



The nature of technology depends very much upon what the public can be induced to put up with.

The nature of technology depends very much upon what the public can be induced to put up with.



Unequal distribution of income is an excessively uneconomic method of getting the necessary saving done.

Unequal distribution of income is an excessively uneconomic method of getting the necessary saving done.



science progresses by trial and error, and when it is forbidden to admit error there can be no progress.

science progresses by trial and error, and when it is forbidden to admit error there can be no progress.





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