Any man who is only an economist is unlikely to be a good one. — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
Economists (and others) who are satisfied with nature-free equations develop a dangerous hubris about the potency of our species — Garrett Hardin Copy Share Image
But there is no equality of opportunity under existing laws and customs. In the race for wealth, which the economist seems as… — Joshua K. Ingalls Copy Share Image
In view of the importance of philanthropy in our society, it is surprising that so little attention has been given to it… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
Most academic economists know nothing of economy. In fact, they know little of anything. — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Any reasonable economist will tell you that it's nearly impossible to isolate the impact of right-to-work laws on a state's job growth.… — Eliot Spitzer Copy Share Image
Economists suffer from a deep psychological disorder that I call 'physics envy'. We wish that 99 percent of economic behavior could be… — Andrew Lo Copy Share Image
The first proponent of cortical memory networks on a major scale was neither a neuroscientist nor a computer scientist but .. a… — Joaquin Fuster Copy Share Image
If economists were good at business, they would be rich men instead of advisers to rich men. — Kirk Kerkorian Copy Share Image
Every economist knows that minimum wages either do nothing or cause inflation and unemployment. That's not a statement, it's a definition. — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
If you look underneath the surface of the Tea Party movement, on the other hand, you will find that it is not… — Karl Rove Copy Share Image
I'm not an economist; I'm a hacker who has spent his career exploring and repairing large networks. — Dan Kaminsky Copy Share Image
My name is Mart Laar. I have been twice Prime Minister of Estonia, and I'm not an economist. — Mart Laar Copy Share Image
I once read about a meeting of economists who agreed that if their forecasts were 33 1/3 % correct, that was considered… — Gerald M. Loeb Copy Share Image
Anyone who believes exponential growth can go on forever in a finite world is either a madman or an economist. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
For far too long economists have sought to define themselves in terms of their supposedly scientific methods. In fact, those methods rely… — Thomas Piketty Copy Share Image
For complex reasons, our culture allows "economy" to mean only "money economy." It equates success and even goodness with monetary profit because… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
Philosophy can add to our happiness in no other manner but by diminishing our misery; it should not pretend to increase our… — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
Priests, kings, statesmen, soldiers, bankers and public functionaries of all sorts; policemen, jailers and hangmen; capitalists, usurers, businessmen and property-owners; lawyers, economists… — Mikhail Bakunin Copy Share Image
Everything is possible, from angels to demons to economists and politicians. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
My folks are economists and have taught economics and social science so I grew up with those kind of conversations around the… — Seth Gordon Copy Share Image
I think the association of economics with forecasting is unfortunate and is down to the fact that one great way to get… — Tim Harford Copy Share Image
