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Paul Samuelson Quotes

American - Economist | May 15, 1915 -

Economics is a choice between alternatives all the time. Those are the trade-offs.

Time Economics Choice Between Those

Avoiding inflation is not an absolute imperative but rather is one of a number of conflicting goals that we must pursue and that we may often have to compromise.

Goals Compromise Pursue May Must

It is indeed true that the stock market can forecast the business cycle.

Business Stock Market True Market

I think that it's more important for an economist to be wise and sophisticated in scientific method than it is for a physicist because with controlled laboratory experiments possible, they practically guide you; you couldn't go astray. Whereas in economics, by dogma and misunderstanding, you can go very sadly astray.

Wise Economics Think You Possible

The very name of my subject, economics, suggests economizing or maximizing. But Political Economy has gone a long way beyond home economics.

Home Economics Name Political Long

Globalization presumes sustained economic growth. Otherwise, the process loses its economic benefits and political support.

Growth Support Process Political

What we know about the global financial crisis is that we don't know very much.

Financial Know Crisis Global Much

Every good cause is worth some inefficiency.

Good Worth Good Cause Cause Some

I came to the University of Chicago on the morning of January 2, 1932. I wasn't yet a graduate of high school for another few months. And that was about the low point of the Herbert Hoover/Andrew Mellon phase after October of 1929. That's quite a number of years to have inaction.

Morning January School High School

Investing should be more like watching paint dry or watching grass grow. If you want excitement, take $800 and go to Las Vegas.

Grow Vegas You Go Want Grass

In 1936, money had no important role. Interest rates were one-eighth of one-eighth of one per cent. I did some research, and I found that the interest on one million dollars of ninety-day Treasuries was $37. People didn't even bother to collect it. The Fed wasn't important.

Money People Research Important Role

You're not making a decision if you come to a fork in the road. There is no 'it' to take. It's one or the other.

Decision Road You Take Come Fork

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