If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand.
Milton FriedmanJapan has introduced fiscal stimulus five times in the past seven or eight years and each time it's been a failure and that's not a surprise. Fiscal stimulus is not stimulating in and of itself.
Milton FriedmanWorld trade depends on differences among countries, not similarities. Different countries are in different stages of development. It is appropriate for them to have different patterns, different policies for ecology, labor standards, and so forth.
Milton Friedman