“When we do something right, no one will remember; when we do something wrong, no one will forget!”

——National Institute of Meteorology, Washington, USA

Our dinners come not from the favor of the butcher, the brewer, and the baker, but from their concern for their own interests.

——Adam Smith, "The Wealth of Nations" (1776)

Life begins with one's own cries and ends with the tears of others. The process in between is happiness.

——The Western philosopher said so.

Since 1520, only 85 institutions in the world have survived to this day, 50 of which are universities. Universities survive on dreams and hopes - this is the history of universities.

——L.C. Berlinger, President of Columbia University, USA

Politics is like riding a bicycle: bend down but look ahead, be silent but ride hard.

——Belgian Prime Minister Verhofstadt

A picture is worth a thousand words.

——Chinese proverb

The government’s top priority is not to do what people are already doing, no matter whether the results are better or worse; This is something that has never been put into action by people until now.

——John Maynard Keynes: "The End of Laissez-faire" (1926)

It is difficult to remain calm on the surface of the sea, and social values Balance is even more so. It is determined by supply and demand: things that are artificial or legal, often punish themselves in turn through overproduction and corporate bankruptcy.

——Ralph Waldo Emerson (1860)

The age of knights has passed, and with it came the wise men and economists. and the age of computer experts.

——Edmund Burke

What is a person who does not know right from wrong? He knows the price of everything in the world, but he knows nothing about its value.

——Oscar Wilde

The business of Americans is to run businesses.

——Calvin Coolidge

Cost records the attraction of competition.

——Frank Knight, "Risk, Uncertainty, and Profit" (1921)

If production costs do not affect supply, they will not affect competition. price.

——John Stuart Mill

A monopolist, by constantly keeping the market understocked... at prices well above normal Sell ??their products, thus increasing their compensation both in terms of wages and profits.

——Adam Smith: "The Wealth of Nations"

Risk and knowledge move in opposite directions.

——Irving Fisher, "The Theory of Interest" (1930)

The market economy is the only natural, reasonable and able to bring prosperity because it It is the only economy that can reflect the essence of life. The essence of life is that it is endless and mysteriously diverse. Therefore, in terms of the perfection and changeability of life, the wisdom of any central figure cannot cover and design it.

——Viclav Havel, "Summer Meditations" (1993)

A nation's spiritual outlook, level of civilization, social structure, and policies may lead to All of this and more is documented in its financial history. Those who know how to read the message contained in this history can clearly foresee the thunder that will shake the world here more than anywhere else.

——Joseph Schumpeter (1883-1950)

Both theoretical and empirical studies have raised the question: To what extent can government regulation achieve the desired results? objectives for which regulatory measures are enacted.

——Stephen Dreyer and Paul Macavoy, "Regulation and Deregulation" (1987)

Growth for the sake of growth is How cancer cells survive.

——Edward Abbey

Equality and efficiency (the conflict) are the socio-economic issues that need to be weighed most carefully, and they have always been in many areas of social policy. Haunting us. We cannot produce the pie according to market efficiency and then share it equally.

——Arthur Okun (1975)

Benefits of international trade—factors of production are used more efficiently around the world.

——John Stuart Mill

It is best to use official documents to praise a person, and it is best to use a telephone to criticize a person.

——American industrial tycoon Jacques

To the National Assembly:

We are engaged in an intolerable competition with foreign opponents. This opponent has very good conditions for producing light and can occupy our market at a very low price. This opponent is none other than the sun. To this end we ask for a law to be passed that closes and blocks all windows, passages and gaps that allow light to pass through, so that it cannot harm our industry that serves the welfare of the country.

——Signed: Candlemaker F. Bastiat