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Robert Fogel


American
July 1, 1926
Historian
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I think the most important thing I have done in my life is to raise two boys.


Robert Fogel
In 1890, nearly everyone died on the job, and if they lived long enough not to die on the job, the average age of retirement was 85.
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The first, and overarching, count in the new indictment is that slavery permitted one group of people to exercise unrestrained personal domination over another group of people.
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Although they arrived in New York penniless, my parents scraped together enough savings to establish the first of several small businesses just after I was born.
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I was born in New York City in 1926, four years after my parents and my brother migrated to the United States from the city of Odessa in Russia.
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The president has very little effect on the economy. If you want to put blame or credit, the main person who influences the business cycle is the head of the Federal Reserve Bank.
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One of the most startling events in my life was when my older son was about 16, and he blamed me for all the troubles of the world. So I, I felt like telling him, 'Oh no, I was just like you when I was your age; I wanted to change the world, too.'
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As we get rich, the basics of life - food, clothing and shelter - become a very small part of total expenditure. And people have enough money to purchase things that enhance them spiritually, and I mean the word 'spiritual' not necessarily in a religious sense but in the sense that it adds to your feeling of well-being.
Robert Fogel
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