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Many scientists and economists also say putting a price on carbon through carbon taxes and/or cap-and-trade is necessary.

~David Suzuki

Topics: Also Carbon Economists Many Necessary Price Putting Say Scientists Taxes Through

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With more than 67 percent of the Nation's freight moving on highways, economists believe that our ability to compete internationally is tied to the quality of our infrastructure.

~Dennis Hastert

Topics: Ability Believe Compete Economists Freight Highways Infrastructure Internationally More Moving Moving On Nation Our Percent Quality Than Tied

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Economists who have studied the relationship between education and economic growth confirm what common sense suggests: The number of college degrees is not nearly as important as how well students develop cognitive skills, such as critical thinking and problem-solving ability.

~Derek Bok

Topics: Ability Between Cognitive College Common Common Sense Confirm Critical Critical Thinking Degrees Develop Economic Economic Growth Economists Education Growth How Important Nearly Number Problem-Solving Relationship Sense Skills Students Studied Thinking Well Who

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Ever since economists revealed how much universities contribute to economic growth, politicians have paid close attention to higher education.

~Derek Bok

Topics: Attention Close Contribute Economic Economic Growth Economists Education Ever Growth Higher Higher Education How How Much Much Paid Politicians Revealed Since Universities

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When you poll all of the economists, uh, across America that I think are intellectually honest they would all, or maybe not all, but 95% of them 96% of them would say you know we really have got a powerful economy.

~Donald Evans

Topics: Across America Economists Economy Got Honest Intellectually Know Maybe Poll Powerful Really Say Them Think Would You I Think

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Ask five economists and you'll get five different answers - six if one went to Harvard.

~Edgar Fiedler

Topics: Answers Ask Different Economists Five Get Harvard Six You

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But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever.

~Edmund Burke

Topics: Age Chivalry Economists Europe Forever Glory Gone Succeeded

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Some economists believe that the Greeks' work ethic and thrift can pull them through. But the classical virtues can do nothing to offset the dearth of innovation that plagues the economy.

~Edmund Phelps

Topics: Believe Classical Economists Economy Ethic Greeks Innovation Nothing Offset Pull Some Them Thrift Through Virtues Work Work Ethic

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Raising the minimum wage seems to all economists to, at the very least, fail to 'raise' employment, and we'd all like to see better inclusion of low-skilled workers into good-paying jobs.

~Edmund Phelps

Topics: Better Economists Employment Fail Inclusion Jobs Least Like Minimum Minimum Wage Raise Raising See Seems Very Wage Workers

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In the 1960s, and stretching back to the 1930s, it was felt by many economists that easy money is a reliable way to increase employment.

~Edmund Phelps

Topics: Back Easy Economists Employment Felt Increase Many Money Reliable Stretching Way 1960S 1930S

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