"The forces of the market are just that: They are forces; they are like the wind and the tides; they are things that if you want to try to ignore them, you ignore them at your peril, and ... if you find a way of ordering your life that is compatible with these forces, indeed which harnesses these forces to the benefit of your society, that's the way to go." -- Arnold Harberger, University of Chicago Economist
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Roosevelt on government spending, inflation, profits, and prices
The first two minutes of this video gives you a sense of how Roosevelt (president from 1933 through 1945) viewed profits, prices, and the role of government. The rest of the video deals with the tendency of price controls to lead to black market activity.
Labels:
Gov Deficits,
history,
Inflation,
Price Controls