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An Interview with Luigi Zingales, Director of the Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State
“When I grew up, for instance, I learned never to send a check in the mail because it would be stolen and cashed by someone else.”
“When I grew up, for instance, I learned never to send a check in the mail because it would be stolen and cashed by someone else.”
“Those who protest aren’t losing anything, the ones who lose are we who work, who produce, and they aren’t producing anything in their marches, other than harms and damages.”
“It’s really easy to think you know everything because you went to a conference or because you read a paper. That doesn’t mean you know about everything.”
“I think my job is to be as good a lawyer as the best lawyers. And to be as good a journalist as the best journalists. And I fail at both on a regular basis, but that is the job.”
“It is much easier to say, “do X regardless” than to say, “do X if circumstances are such-and-such, do Y if they are such-and-such, and Z otherwise.”
The Libertarian Party candidate discusses his plan to abolish the federal government
“The only thing that overrides and disperses hate is love.”
“When you have young adults and teens and kids looking up to these heroes, and you don’t have a face for yourself, I think that really influences confidence, self-identity, and a host of other issues.”