Robert Lucas, Jr. Quotes

• The consequences for human welfare involved in questions like these are simply staggering: once one starts to think about them, it is hard to think about anything else.

  Robert Lucas, Jr.

  Thinking, Economics, Economist

  "On the Mechanics of Economic Development". Journal of Monetary Economics, 22, 1988.

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• The consequences for human welfare involved in questions about human capital spillovers are simply staggering. Once one starts to think about them, it's hard to think of anything else

  Robert Lucas, Jr.

  Thinking, Welfare, Economics

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• Solitude is an essential quality of wilderness.

  Robert Lucas, Jr.

  Solitude, Quality, Essentials

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• The potential gains from improved stabilization policies are on the order of hundredths of a percent of consumption, perhaps two orders of magnitude smaller than the potential benefits of available supply-side fiscal reforms.

  Robert Lucas, Jr.

  Order, Two, Reform

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• Most trails can be fairly simple.

  Robert Lucas, Jr.

  Simple, Trails

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