I do not regard the Keynesian revolution as a great intellectual triumph. On the contrary, it was a tragedy because it came… — Joan Robinson Copy Share Image
In 1925, when Britain went back to the gold standard, that was supported by the Conservative Party, the Labour Party, the Bank… — Ed Balls Copy Share Image
The left-brainer and the economist in me says watch what people do, not what they say. — Daniel H. Pink Copy Share Image
An economist says that essentially more for you is less for me, but the lover knows that more for you is more… — Charles Eisenstein Copy Share Image
Economists can never be free of from difficulties unless they will distinguish between a theory and the application of a theory. — William Stanley Jevons Copy Share Image
The purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to economic questions, but to learn how to… — Joan Robinson Copy Share Image
As economists have often pointed out, we pay doctors for quantity, not quality. As they point out less often, we also pay… — Atul Gawande Copy Share Image
My mother died of lung cancer last year. I felt helpless. As an economist, I thought, 'What can I do?' — Andrew Lo Copy Share Image
Why did God invent economists? To make weathermen feel good about themselves. — David I. Rozenberg Copy Share Image
What makes a terrorist? Are the drivers primarily political or economic? Princeton economist Alan Krueger has made a great study of this… — Thomas P.M. Barnett Copy Share Image
Until the 19th century, the term 'to consume' was used mainly in its negative connotations of 'destruction' and 'waste'. Tuberculosis was known… — Petr Skrabanek Copy Share Image
Capitalism with near-full employment was an impressive spectacle. But a growth in wealth is not at all the same thing as reducing… — Joan Robinson Copy Share Image
I remember once reading that it is still not understood how the giraffe manages to pump an adequate blood supply all the… — Robert Solow Copy Share Image
Everything reminds Milton of the money supply. Well, everything reminds me of sex, but I keep it out of the paper. — Robert Solow Copy Share Image
Joel Waldfogel is one of the smartest and funniest economists on the planet. I think of him every time I start to… — Ian Ayres Copy Share Image
“In an age in which economists take for granted that people equate well-being with consumption, increasing numbers of people seem willing to… — Eugene Linden Copy Share Image
Moyo, a Zambia-born economist, asserts that aid is not only ineffective-it's harmful. Her argument packs a strong punch because she was born… — Amy Lockwood Copy Share Image
The concept of need is often looked upon rather unfavorably by economists, in contrast with the concept of demand. Both, however, have… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
Economists often talk about the 80/20 Principle, which is the idea that in any situation roughly 80 percent of the “work” will… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
The bad economist sees only what immediately strikes the eye; the good economist also looks beyond. The bad economist sees only the… — Henry Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Practical men who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist. Madmen… — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
All men have an equal right to the free development of their faculties ; they have an equal right to the impartial… — Victor Cousin Copy Share Image
Independent economists say immigration reform will grow our economy and shrink our deficits by almost $1 trillion in the next two decades.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I had a choice. I could become an economist & managing director. I choose to do something else. I would have become… — Odd Nerdrum Copy Share Image
“There are men regarded today as brilliant economists, who deprecate saving and recommend squandering on a national scale as the way of… — Henry Hazlitt Copy Share Image
