Tucker Hart Adams' 10 Rules of Economics

  1. Pigs don’t fly, but chickens do come home to roost.
  2. You can’t spend more than you make forever.
  3. There is a big difference between investment and speculation.
  4. Prices are ultimately determined by supply and demand.
  5. The “Economic Man” doesn’t always behave rationally.
  6. Adam Smith was right – the market works (supply and demand).
  7. There are no new paradigms.
  8. Incentives do work.
  9. Bubbles over-correct on the downside.
  10. Never make the mistake of believing your economic forecast.

“Bulls make money, bears make money, but hogs get slaughtered.”
-Tucker Hart Adams