Todd G. Buchholz Professions : Economist Browse All Authors Top 11 quotes by Todd G. Buchholz We face a far greater risk of psychological depression than of economic recession. Todd G. Buchholz economic-recession risk faces ... in the future a typical factory will host three workers: a man, a computer and a dog. The computer will do all the work. The man will feed the dog. And the dog's job? To bite the man - if he touches the computer. Todd G. Buchholz dog jobs men The best way to achieve self-esteem is to do something worthy of esteem. Todd G. Buchholz achieve self-esteem way You know, throughout the world, throughout history, when countries get rich, they stop having kids. Todd G. Buchholz country kids world Rich countries don't need as many children. We used to need kids to work in the fields as farm hands, to crawl on their bellies into coal mines. Well, kids are more like luxury objects now. Todd G. Buchholz country kids children You need somebody to support the retirees. You need to pay into the pension plans. You need people to work at the hospitals, at the nursing homes. Todd G. Buchholz nursing home people If you have waves of immigration, you better figure out a way to turn those immigrants into red-blooded Americans, or else you end up splintering the society. Todd G. Buchholz wave immigration It's a good thing we have immigrant doctors and immigrant engineers, because if you or I get sick this afternoon, we're going to go to the hospital, and we're going to hope someone serves us. Todd G. Buchholz sick good-things We're prosperous enough that we can afford to have one in six able-bodied men of working age sitting at home playing video games. Todd G. Buchholz age home men When Teddy Roosevelt was around, there was an Ottoman Empire. There was a Habsburg empire. They controlled millions of people across Africa, the Middle East and Europe. And they're gone.Prosperity killed them, because they didn't have a way to hold the people together. They didn't have the rituals and the holidays and the pride in their country. And that's what we need if we're going to hold ourselves together during periods of prosperity. Todd G. Buchholz holiday pride country Half of Americans look at the other half and say, they're too lazy or they're not willing to get up and go to school. And the other half looks and sees a bunch of fat cats and talks about income inequality. Todd G. Buchholz lazy cat school Similar Authors Bryan Caplan economist Burton Malkiel economist Bruno Frey economist Brian Wesbury economist Branko Milanovic economist Andrew Samwick economist All Authors
