Alex Tabarrok
Economist
1966-01-01
Alex Tabarrok is a Canadian-American economist and professor at George Mason University. He is associated with the Mercatus Center.
Books by Alex Tabarrok
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Modern Principles: Macroeconomics
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Modern Principles of Macroeconomics
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Modern Principles of Microeconomics
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Quotes by Alex Tabarrok
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Today it is evident that we have two political parties: the Tax and Spenders and the No-Tax and Spenders. Neither party is fiscally conservative. Is there no room at the inn for an honest conservative? A conservative who makes the case for smaller government on its merits and not just as the fallback option when fiscal bankruptcy threatens?
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A lot of people say that India has been held back by its democracy. But let's remember that, despite being a poor country, India's democracy meant that its government never let millions of people starve.
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Our obsessive focus on college schooling has blinded us to basic truths. College is a place, not a magic formula. It matters what subjects students study, and subsidies should focus on the subjects that matter the most - not to the students, but to everyone else.
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College has been oversold. It has been oversold to students who end up dropping out or graduating with degrees that don't help them very much in the job market. It also has been oversold to the taxpayers, who foot the bill for subsidies that do nothing to encourage innovation and economic growth.
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I think modern television shows, with their intricate plots, are stimulating our minds. This is one reason IQs have been going up.
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Television is much more complex, brain-challenging and involved than it used to be. It's almost impossible to watch a television show from 15 years ago; it's just too boring. I think modern television shows, with their intricate plots, are stimulating our minds. This is one reason IQs have been going up.
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The only way to thrive is to innovate. It's that simple.
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As far as wages are concerned, the only difference between immigration and birth is that birth takes longer.
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Going to college is neither necessary nor sufficient to be well-educated.
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I utterly reject the view that the Third World is doomed to poverty and starvation. Not only is this wrong, I think this attitude verges on the immoral, like thinking that slavery is an unalterable facet of the human condition so why bother doing anything about it?
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Patents are like fertilizer. Applied wisely and sparingly, they can increase growth. But if you apply too many chemicals, or make patents too strong, then you can leach the land, making growth more difficult.
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