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Quotation from Economics in One Lesson by Henry Hazlitt
“The bad economist sees only what immediately strikes the eye; the good economist also looks beyond.”
Economics in One Lesson, Part One, Chapter 1 (The Lesson) (Harper & Brothers, 1946; same wording in the 1979 edition)
Hazlitt's statement of the contrast on which the whole book rests: good analysis traces the consequences that are not immediately visible.
Citation: "The bad economist sees only what immediately strikes the eye; the good economist also looks beyond." — Henry Hazlitt, Economics in One Lesson, Part One, Chapter 1 (The Lesson) (Harper & Brothers, 1946; same wording in the 1979 edition). (id hazlitt-economics-in-one-lesson-q1)
