Mignon McLaughlin (1913–1983) American journalist
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“Compound interest is the most powerful force in the universe.”
Variants: "... is man’s greatest invention" and "... is the eighth wonder of the world". <br class="br">May add: "He who understands it, earns it; he who doesn’t, pays it." <br class="br"> This Snopes article http://www.snopes.com/quotes/einstein/interest.asp concluded that its status was uncertain, while this post from The Quote Investigator http://quoteinvestigator.com/2011/10/31/compound-interest/ concludes it is most likely a false attribution, since variants of the quote date back to at least 1916, with the early variants not being attributed to Einstein. <br class="br">Disputed
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