1167: Thomas Sowell – No Contact to Economic Reality

You can become president with no contact with economic reality. —Thomas SowellDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 7.84MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 233KB
You can become president with no contact with economic reality. —Thomas SowellDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 8.70MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 267KB

You can become president with no contact with economic reality. —Thomas Sowell

1163: Tom Woods – The Delusion of Keynesians

Keynesians think that you can take water from the deep end of the swimming, pump it into the shallow end of the swimming pool and somehow the water level of the swimming pool will rise. —Tom WoodsDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 3.14MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 209KB
Keynesians think that you can take water from the deep end of the swimming, pump it into the shallow end of the swimming pool and somehow the water level of the swimming pool will rise. —Tom WoodsDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 5.16MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 290KB

Keynesians think that you can take water from the deep end of the swimming, pump it into the shallow end of the swimming pool and somehow the water level of the swimming pool will rise. —Tom Woods

1127: Ludwig von Mises – Mass Unemployment not Caused by the Free Market

Depressions and mass unemployment are not caused by the free market but by government interference in the economy. —Ludwig von Mises (The Theory of Money and Credit)Download Print Quality (3840×2010) 1.67MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 157KB
Depressions and mass unemployment are not caused by the free market but by government interference in the economy. —Ludwig von Mises (The Theory of Money and Credit)Download Print Quality (3840×2744) 2.25MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 200KB
Depressions and mass unemployment are not caused by the free market but by government interference in the economy. —Ludwig von Mises (The Theory of Money and Credit)

1085: Thomas Sowell – 25% Unemployment and Great Depression

People say the government had to intervene during the Great Depression because of the
25% unemployment. What they don't understand is there wasn’t a 25% unemployment UNTIL the government intervened. —Thomas SowellDownload Print Quality (7680×4020) 204KB  |  Normal Quality (3840×2010) 90KB
People say the government had to intervene during the Great Depression because of the
25% unemployment. What they don't understand is there wasn’t a 25% unemployment UNTIL the government intervened. —Thomas SowellDownload Print Quality (7178×7680) 301KB  |  Normal Quality (3589×3840) 130KB
People say the government had to intervene during the Great Depression because of the 25% unemployment. What they don’t understand is there wasn’t a 25% unemployment UNTIL the government intervened. —Thomas Sowell

1084: Thomas Sowell – If the Average Citizen Understood Economics

If the average citizen understood the basics of economics that was understood 200 years ago, most of the nonsense that is done in Washington would be impossible today. —Thomas SowellDownload Print Quality (7680×4020) 205KB  |  Normal Quality (3840×2010) 183KB
If the average citizen understood the basics of economics that was understood 200 years ago, most of the nonsense that is done in Washington would be impossible today. —Thomas SowellDownload Print Quality (6892×7680) 290KB  |  Normal Quality (3446×3840) 261KB
If the average citizen understood the basics of economics that was understood 200 years ago, most of the nonsense that is done in Washington would be impossible today. —Thomas Sowell

1080: Frederic Bastiat – Plunder Becomes a Way of Life

When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men in a society, over the course of time they create for themselves a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it. —Frederic BastiatDownload Print Quality (7680×4020) 291KB  |  Normal Quality (3840×2010) 132KB
When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men in a society, over the course of time they create for themselves a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it. —Frederic BastiatDownload Print Quality (3000×3840) 559KB  |  Normal Quality (1500×1920) 239KB
When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men in a society, over the course of time they create for themselves a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it. —Frederic Bastiat

1030: Henry Hazlitt – Predicted 2008 Housing Collapse

Government-guaranteed home mortgages, especially when a negligible down payment or no down payment whatever is required, inevitably mean more bad loans than otherwise. 

They force the general taxpayer to subsidize the bad risks and to defray the losses. They encourage people to buy houses that they cannot really afford. They tend eventually to bring about an over-supply of houses. They temporarily over stimulate building, raise the cost of building for everybody. May mislead the building industry into an eventually over expansion. 

In brief, in the long run they do not increase overall national production but encourage malinvestment. —Henry HazlittDownload Print Quality (5834×7680) 446KB  |  Normal Quality (2917×3840) 386KB

1027: Henry Hazlitt – Government Creates Artificial Demand

Inflation distorts the structure of production. It leads to the overexpansion of some industries at the expense of others. This involves a misapplication and waste of capital. 

Yet the ardor for inflation never dies. It would almost seem as if no country is capable of profiting from the experience of another and no generation of learning from the sufferings of its forebears. 

For it is the nature of inflation to give birth to a thousand illusions. —Henry HazlittDownload Print Quality (5924×7680) 361KB  |  Normal Quality (2962×3840) 329KB

1024: Henry Hazlitt – Inflation is the Illusion of More Milk

Printing money in place of real savings can create the illusion of more wealth. Just as the addition of water can create the illusion of more milk. —Henry Hazlitt Download Print Quality (3840×2010) 2.93MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 183KB
Printing money in place of real savings can create the illusion of more wealth. Just as the addition of water can create the illusion of more milk. —Henry Hazlitt Download Print Quality (3840×2744) 3.63MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 250KB
Printing money in place of real savings can create the illusion of more wealth. Just as the addition of water can create the illusion of more milk. —Henry Hazlitt