Milton Friedman (1912- ), is a U.S. economist. In 1976 he was awarded the Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel .
Quotes
- "There's no such thing as a free lunch."
- "I am in favor of cutting taxes under any circumstances and for any excuse, for any reason, whenever it's possible."
- "A major source of objection to a free economy is precisely that it [...] gives people what they want instead of what a particular group thinks they ought to want. Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself."
- "Inflation is the one form of taxation that can be imposed without legislation."
- "The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem."
- "We have a system that increasingly taxes work and subsidizes nonwork."
- "We don't have a desperate need to grow. We have a desperate desire to grow."
