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The shaping or reformulation of the aims of economic policy which are only vaguely felt may be exemplified in the aim of social justice.

— Jan Tinbergen Jan Tinbergen (1964)

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For some queer and deplorable reason most human beings are more impressed by words than by figures, to the great disadvantage of mankind.

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The central question of economic policy is the question of the effectiveness of its various instruments.

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