The Devil’s Dictionary of Economics
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| Zarlenga, Stephen |
The Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics was afraid to respond to his critique of Carl Menger, so I did it for them. See my Answer to Stephen Zarlenga.
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| Zero |
The probability of George Bush’s stooges – I mean economists – admitting that we are in a recession, at least while he is still in office. Next year, with the 20-20 vision that comes from having an election behind them, they might admit that the recession kinda-sorta started on his watch, though four-dollar gasoline will still be all the fault of Barack Obama.
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| Zero Sum Game |
“College admissions, public jobs and government contracts are the ultimate ‘zero-sum’ game, and race and gender should not be the determining factors in picking winners and losers. It simply stretches credulity [for Barack Obama] to argue that an ‘opportunity’ given to one, on the basis of race, is not discrimination against another for the same reason,” says Ward Connerly, referring to the statement of Obama spokeswoman Candice Toliver.
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| Zingales, Luigi |
"For somebody like me who believes strongly in the free market system, the most serious risk of the current situation is that the interest of a few financiers will undermine the fundamental workings of the capitalist system. The time has come to save capitalism from the capitalists." See Fascism.
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| Zygote |
The last word in this and every other dictionary.
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