The theory of interest was wrapped in utter obscurity, until Hume and Smith dispelled the vapor. - Jean-Baptiste Say - Quotesmemo.com

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I could not separate myself off stage from myself on stage, as so many actors can.

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Jean-Baptiste Say

The theory of interest was wrapped in utter obscurity, until Hume and Smith dispelled the vapor.

Obscurity, Theory, Vapor, Wrapped

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It is the aim of good government to stimulate production, of bad government to encourage consumption.

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The entrepreneur shifts economic resources out of an area of lower and into an area of higher productivity and greater yield.

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The manner in which things exist and take place, constitutes what is called the nature of things; and a careful observation of the nature of things is the sole foundation of all truth.

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I have made no distinction between the circulation of goods and of money, because there really is none.

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One product is always ultimately bought with another, even when paid for in the first instance with money.

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It's not that we need to form new organizations. It's simply that we have to awaken to new ways of thinking. I believe it makes no sense to spend a lot of time attacking the current realities. It is time to create the new models that have in them the complexity that makes the older systems obsolete. And to the extent that we can do that, and do that quickly, I think we can provide what will be necessary for a major breakthrough for the future.

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