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Quotes from Beyond the Welfare State — Gunnar Myrdal

1898–1987 Sweden

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Generally speaking, the less privileged groups in democratic society, as they become aware of their interests and their political power, will be found to press for more and more state intervention in practically all fields.

Beyond the Welfare State (1958)

Correlations are not explanations and besides, they can be as spurious as the high correlation in Finland between foxes killed and divorces.

Beyond the Welfare State (1958)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Gunnar Myrdal (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.