Milton Friedman Quote: Why Bureaucracy Could Even Cause a Sand Shortage

„If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in five years there'd be a shortage of sand.“

Milton FriedmanMilton Friedman's sharp quote on bureaucracy: Why even managing the Sahara would lead to a sand shortage.
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Milton Friedman was an American economist and a leading figure in the field of monetarism.

This quote humorously highlights the criticism of excessive bureaucracy and inefficient government administration.


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Quote by Milton Friedman about the federal government causing a sand shortage in the Sahara Desert

Milton Friedman (1912–2006) was an American economist and Nobel laureate, renowned for his contributions to microeconomics, monetarism, and his advocacy of free-market policies. He influenced economic policy in the US and worldwide.

Quote on government as a broker in pillage by Henry Louis MenckenCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
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"The government consists of a gang of men exactly like you and me. They have, taking one with another, no special talent for the business of government; they have only a talent for getting and holding office. Their principal device to that end is to search out groups who pant and pine for something they can't get and to promise to give it to them. Nine times out of ten that promise is worth nothing. The tenth time is made good by looting A to satisfy B. In other words, government is a broker in pillage, and every election is sort of an advance auction sale of stolen goods." Henry Louis Mencken
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