Steven Landsburg Quotes

• It is something of a miracle that individual selfish decisions (in a market economy) must lead to a collectively efficient outcome.

  Steven Landsburg

  Selfish, Decision, Miracle

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• Most of economics can be summarized in four words: 'People respond to incentives.' The rest is commentary.

  Steven Landsburg

  People, Incentives, Four

  Steven E. Landsburg (2012). “The Armchair Economist: Economics & Everyday Life”, p.19, Simon and Schuster

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• A well-known mathematician once told me that the great thing about liking both math and sex was that he could do either one while thinking about the other.

  Steven Landsburg

  Sex, Math, Thinking

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• Economic policies command bipartisan support only when they're incoherent.

  Steven Landsburg

  Support, Democracy, Economic

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