Robert P. Murphy Quotes & Sayings

Given the large uncertainties at each major step of the case for reliance on a carbon tax, economists should reconsider their current support for such a policy. — Robert P. Murphy

You don't help a depressed economy by giving control of its resources to politicians. — Robert P. Murphy

I reject the peak oil theory insofar as it refers to technological limits on human ingenuity. — Robert P. Murphy

So it's really not true, after all, that the government has spared children from toil and instead lets them romp on the playgrounds. No, the government instead buses them into mass worker-training programs and is very resentful indeed when parents try to opt out of this arrangement, as in homeschooling. — Robert P. Murphy

Those who controlled private capital largely walked away from the US economy for the entire 1930s, refusing to pump in enough new investment even to replace the machinery and goods-in-process that were consumed during the decade. — Robert P. Murphy