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Eventually the dollar won't always rule. Eventually there will be a challenge to the United States and it will have to be like other countries that are a bit concerned about their currency, and then have to ratchet back in order to - right, in order to sustain. We just haven't reached that point yet.

~Amity Shlaes

Topics: About Always Back Bit Challenge Concerned Countries Currency Dollar Eventually Just Like Order Other Other Countries Point Reached Right Rule States Sustain Then United United States Will

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By playing on people's desire to belong to groups, Facebook creates a new, inclusive society. After all, Facebook is not like Harvard College. Anyone with access to the Internet can sign up.

~Amity Shlaes

Topics: Access After Anyone Belong College Creates Desire Facebook Groups Harvard Inclusive Internet Like New People Playing Sign Society Up

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In the end, all new schools, public or private, snobby or not, add value to the education market, making it bigger and more efficient, in the same way that Zuckerberg added wealth to the economy even for non-Facebook fans.

~Amity Shlaes

Topics: Add Added Bigger Economy Education Efficient End Even Fans In The End Making Market More New Private Public Same Schools Snobby Value Way Wealth

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The result of the collaborative culture is that corporations or government institutions focus intensely on internal culture and pour their energy into achieving minuscule policy changes relating to workplace efficiency, gender or race.

~Amity Shlaes

Topics: Achieving Changes Collaborative Corporations Culture Efficiency Energy Focus Gender Government Institutions Intensely Internal Policy Pour Race Relating Result Workplace

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Policy people suffer their own kind of agony, and no wonder. After all, what is the average life of the policy person? You go into government if you are lucky, do your best, aren't appreciated, take all the blame for policies for which you are only partly responsible, leave, realize your reputation has been damaged, maybe permanently.

~Amity Shlaes

Topics: After Agony Appreciated Average Been Best Blame Damaged Do Your Best Go Government Kind Leave Life Lucky Maybe No Wonder Only Own Partly People Permanently Person Policies Policy Realize Reputation Responsible Suffer Take Which Wonder You Your

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The donning of the ear buds marks the beginning of teen life, when children set off on their own for the passage through adolescence.

~Amity Shlaes

Topics: Adolescence Beginning Buds Children Ear Life Marks Off Own Passage Set Teen Through

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Anti-parent music seems to be all the pop-rock market wants.

~Amity Shlaes

Topics: Market Music Seems Wants

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The most remarkable thing about Calvin Coolidge is that he served for 67 months, and when he left office, the budget was lower than he came in. In real terms - in nominal terms with vanilla on top - he cut the budget year over year.

~Amity Shlaes

Topics: About Budget Came Cut He Left Lower Months Most Office Over Real Remarkable Served Terms Than Thing Top Vanilla Year

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The phrase 'perception is reality' is overused generally. But perception can be reality in monetary policy. The bond market doesn't act merely on what it sees. It acts on what it expects of the Fed or the government.

~Amity Shlaes

Topics: Act Acts Bond Expects Fed Generally Government Market Merely Monetary Monetary Policy Perception Phrase Policy Reality Sees

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Disillusionment can come as fast as a gust, but building faith that the government won't inflate again is like building a new sailboat, a project of years.

~Amity Shlaes

Topics: Again Building Come Disillusionment Faith Fast Government Inflate Like New Project Years

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: September 10th, 1960

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