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Herbert Stein

American economist (1916–1999)

Herbert Stein (August 27, 1916 – September 8, 1999) was chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.

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  • "If something cannot go on forever, it will stop."
    • Congressional testimony in 1986, in reference to a then-current economic trend of rising international trade deficits.[1]
    • Herb Stein's Unfamiliar Quotations [1]
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  1. ↑ A Symposium on the 40th Anniversary of the Joint Economic Committee, Hearings Before the Joint Economic Committee, Congress of the United States, Ninety-Ninth Congress, First Session; Panel Discussion: The Macroeconomics of Growth, Full Employment, and Price Stability (January 16, 1986). Retrieved on June 4, 2018.
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