Amherst was pivotal in my broad intellectual development; MIT in my development as a professional economist. — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
It is not realistic or hard-headed to solve problems and take action unguided by ultimate moral aims and values, although we all… — Robert Kennedy Copy Share Image
The delicate and intricate pattern of competition and cooperation in the economic behavior of the hundreds of thousands of citizens of Stockholm… — George Stigler Copy Share Image
'Tis a good rule in every journey to provide some piece of liberal study to rescue the hours which bad weather, bad… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Economists tell us that the 'price' of an object and its 'value' have very little or nothing to do with one another.… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
When I was a graduate student, estimating and interpreting distributed lags topped the agenda of macroeconomists and other applied economists. — Thomas J. Sargent Copy Share Image
The economist John Maynard Keynes said that in the long run, we are all dead. If he were around today he might… — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
If Mexican farm labor is so much cheaper, maybe we should be growing our fruits and vegetables in Mexico. There's absolutely no… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
The reality is that we are all economists. We all deal with scarcity as we make choices and calculate how to ration… — Kurt Bills Copy Share Image
It's clear that policymakers and economists are going to be interested in the measurement of well-being primarily as it correlates with health;… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
Despite the high salaries involved, employing economists is a cost-effective way for banks, and stockbrokers to secure exposure in the media. — Paul Ormerod Copy Share Image
With more than 67 percent of the Nation's freight moving on highways, economists believe that our ability to compete internationally is tied… — Dennis Hastert Copy Share Image
U.S. Internal Revenue Service: an agency modeled after the revenue raising concepts of the 19th century economist, Jesse James. — Robert Breault Copy Share Image
While I haven't read economist Robin Hahnel's work, replacing capitalism would be at the very bottom of my list of priorities -… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
For the historian everything begins and ends with time, a mathematical, godlike time, a notion easily mocked, time external to men, 'exogenous,'… — Fernand Braudel Copy Share Image
These days, however, the main problem comes from the right - from conservatives who, unlike most economists, really do think that the… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
With various people complaining about "price gouging?... economist Walter Williams has coined a new term: "Tax gouging." But government is never accused… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
There is something, however humble, which can properly be called skill among those who recognise themselves as economists. — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
I would say that folks who have looked at this issue for a long time, whether it's Elizabeth Warren or many other… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Never trust an economist with your job. Learn about economics yourself. And make up your own mind about what might protect your… — Jim Stanford Copy Share Image
Economists report that a college education adds many thousands of dollars to a man's lifetime income - which he then spends sending… — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
Government spending? I don't know what it's all about. I don't know any more about this thing than an economist does, and,… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
During my three years as chief economist of the World Bank, labor market issues were looked at through the lens of neoclassical… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
I never understand why 'economist makes forecast' is ever a headline. Whether the economist in question is from the International Monetary Fund,… — Tim Harford Copy Share Image
I am looking forward to learning at the knee of Paul Ryan. He doesn't strike me as a politician. He strikes me… — Todd Rokita Copy Share Image
