Edmund Phelps

Raising the minimum wage seems to all economists to, at the very least, fail to 'raise' employment, and we'd all like to see better inclusion of low-skilled workers into good-paying jobs.

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These are some quotes by American author Edmund Phelps Economist, who was born on July 26, 1933.

Quotes by Edmund Phelps

I would like to see people dreaming of striking out on their own into some other country or their own, wherever they feel the action is, in the hope of an exciting and rewarding career.

Edmund Phelps

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To prosper and advance, the American business sector is going to need a financial system oriented toward business, not 'home ownership.'

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In essence, capitalist systems are a mechanism by which economies may generate growth in knowledge - with much uncertainty in the process, owing to the incompleteness of knowledge.

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