Top 7 Quotes & Sayings by Alfred Kahn

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American professor Alfred Kahn.

Last updated on November 9, 2024.

Alfred Edward Kahn was an American economist and political advisor who specialized in regulation and deregulation. He was an important influence in the deregulation of the airline and energy industries. Commonly known as the "Father of Airline Deregulation," he chaired the Civil Aeronautics Board during the period when it ended its regulation of the airline industry, paving the way for low-cost airlines, from People Express to Southwest Airlines.

American - Professor | October 17, 1917 - December 27, 2010

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You may have heard that a dean is to faculty as a hydrant is to a dog.

Alfred Kahn

Whenever competition is feasible it is, for all its imperfections, superior to regulation as a means of serving the public interest.

Alfred Kahn

If you can't explain what you're doing in simple English, you are probably doing something wrong.

Alfred Kahn

People express is clearly the archetypical deregulation success story and the most spectacular of my babies. It is the case that makes me the proudest.

Alfred Kahn

Pan Am can go to hell.

Alfred Kahn

I really don't know one plane from the other. To me they are just marginal costs with wings.

Alfred Kahn

Maybe it's sex appeal, but there's something about an airplane that drives investors crazy.

Alfred Kahn