4 Quotes & Sayings By Nick Hanauer

Nick Hanauer is the founder and CEO of Second Avenue Partners, a Seattle-based venture capital firm. Nick is a well-known advocate for progressive economic policies and is often quoted in major media outlets. He is a board member at the Seattle Foundation and has been active in numerous philanthropic and civic organizations. Nick has also been recognized as one of Washington's Top 25 Tax Dodgers, as well as one of America's Top 50 Influential Citizens by the National Journal.

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People want to think of economics as a natural science, like physics, with the comforting reliability of simple-to-understand theories like F=MA. Unfortunately, it isn't. Economics is a social science, and the so-called theories are really social and moral constructs. Nick Hanauer
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The person earning the federal minimum wage of $7.25 isn't going out to eat at restaurants. They're not taking piano lessons. They're not going to the gym or the yoga studio. They're not sending mom flowers on Mother's day. What good is this person in the economy? If you raise it to $15 an hour, they're doing all of those things. Nick Hanauer
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Economics is mostly how humans rationalize who gets what and why. It's how we instantiate our preferences about status, privileges, and power. Nick Hanauer