Raising the minimum wage, as President Obama proposed in his State of the Union address, tends to be more popular with the… — Christina Romer Copy Share Image
The ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong, are more powerful than is… — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
Global warming pollution, indeed all pollution, is now described by economists as an "externality." This absurd label means, in essence: we don't… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
A Swedish physicist can not discuss his work with fifty people unless he goes abroad. A Swedish economist can get opinions and… — George Stigler Copy Share Image
A good rule of thumb is as follows: If the numbers come from somebody wearing a tie (Wall Street economist or analyst,… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
...the institutional arrangement whereby most professional economists are heavily burdened with teaching and administrative duties may militate against a sufficient admixture of… — Sir Henry Roy Forbes Harrod Copy Share Image
The temptation to use mathematics is irresistible for economists. It appears to convey the appropriate air of scientific authority and precision to… — Paul Ormerod Copy Share Image
The idea of a non-growing economy may be an anathema to an economist. But the idea of a continually growing economy is… — Tim Jackson Copy Share Image
Economists don't usually make good speculators, because they think too much. — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
When you think of policies that are going to address inequality of wealth, you have to be very thoughtful about what economists… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
An economist is someone who sees something that works in practice and wonders if it would work in theory. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Economists got away from really questioning how the world works, how decisions actually got made. If something doesn't conform to neoclassical models… — W. Brian Arthur Copy Share Image
What would've happened, do you think, had the government not intervened in October 2008? The catastrophe to the economy would've been absolutely… — Robert Skidelsky, Baron Skidelsky Copy Share Image
Sometimes economists in official positions give bad advice; sometimes they give very, very bad advice; and sometimes they work at the OECD. — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
For the last several decades, there was a prevailing belief among traditional economists that the markets were rational and self-correcting. Alan Greenspan… — Kabir Sehgal Copy Share Image
All economists should be locked up until they admit that they don't know what they're talking about. — Andy Rooney Copy Share Image
I'm not going to put my lot in with economists, because I know if we get it right, if we actually did… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
The Princeton economist Alan Krueger has demonstrated that societies with higher levels of income inequality are societies with lower levels of social… — George Packer Copy Share Image
Although most Americans apparently loathe inflation, Yale economists have argued that a little inflation may be necessary to grease the wheels of… — Janet Yellen Copy Share Image
where Nietzsche's response to the equation of socialism and morality was to question the value of morality, at least as it had… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Mathematical economics is old enough to be respectable, but not all economists respect it. It has powerful supporters and impressive testimonials, yet… — James R Newman Copy Share Image
