William Beveridge

Scratch a pessimist and you find often a defender of privilege. William Beveridge The object of government in peace and in war is not the glory of rulers or of races, but the happiness of common man. William Beveridge Ignorance is an evil weed, which dictators may cultivate among their dupes, but which no democracy [...]

Marek Belka

No matter who becomes chancellor, Poland and Germany will remain neighbours, strategic partners, not only within the European Union, but also world partners, and I don’t believe anything could change in our relations. Marek Belka The Holocaust committed by the Nazis turned this country, where most of the European Jews used to live and where [...]

Gary Becker

My work on human capital began with an effort to calculate both private and social rates of return to men, women, blacks, and other groups from investments in different levels of education. Gary Becker Still, intuitive assumptions about behavior is only the starting point of systematic analysis, for alone they do not yield many interesting [...]

Frederic Bastiat

When goods do not cross borders, soldiers will. Frederic Bastiat Everyone wants to live at the expense of the state. They forget that the state wants to live at the expense of everyone. Frederic Bastiat Life, liberty, and property do not exist because men have made laws. On the contrary, it was the fact that [...]

Kenneth Joseph Arrow

My graduate study was interrupted, like that of many others, by World War II. Kenneth Joseph Arrow My undergraduate education, at the City College in New York, was made possible only by the existence of that excellent free institution and the financial sacrifices of my parents. Kenneth Joseph Arrow In 1963 and later papers, I [...]

Arthur Frank Burns

Spontaneity has its time and its place. Arthur Frank Burns We all know it’s brutal up there at the front, especially those of us at the rear. Arthur Frank Burns