“Often it is those who are most critical of a “Eurocentric” view of the world who are most Eurocentric when it comes to the evils and failings of the human race.”
― Black Rednecks and White Liberals
― Black Rednecks and White Liberals
“In the United States, government regulations are estimated to cost about $7,800 per employee in large businesses and about $10,600 per employee in small businesses.{662} Among other things, this suggests that the existence of numerous government regulations tends to give competitive advantages to big business, since there are apparently economies of scale in complying with these regulations.”
― Basic Economics: A Common Sense Guide to the Economy
― Basic Economics: A Common Sense Guide to the Economy
“Various mental tests or scholastic tests have been criticized as unfair because different groups perform very differently on such tests. But one reply to critics summarized the issue succinctly: “The tests are not unfair. Life is unfair and the tests measure the results.”
― Intellectuals and Society
― Intellectuals and Society
“When people are presented with the alternatives of hating themselves for their failure or hating others for their success, they seldom choose to hate themselves.”
― Black Rednecks & White Liberals
― Black Rednecks & White Liberals
“Among the greatest external costs imposed in a society can be those imposed politically by legislators and officials who pay no costs whatever, while imposing billions of dollars in costs on others, in order to respond to political pressures from advocates of particular interests or ideologies.”
― Basic Economics: A Common Sense Guide to the Economy
― Basic Economics: A Common Sense Guide to the Economy
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