THERE is widespread agreement among economists that abuse of credit constitutes one of the chief unwholesome elements in business booms and is… — Benjamin Graham Copy Share Image
If you ask any economist, they'll tell you all the mortgage interest deduction does is raise the price of the house. So… — T.R. Reid Copy Share Image
Economists believe there are three reasons why the Russian economy is doing so poorly. One, economic sanctions are working. Number two, low-price… — David Letterman Copy Share Image
I need something to fall back on if fame doesn't work. I'll have to become an economist or something. — Nolan Gould Copy Share Image
My father was an agricultural economist. In 1989 he was posted to Mbarara, a small town on the Uganda-Rwanda border. — Giles Foden Copy Share Image
Economists operate with this image of the homo economicus, the rational economic agent, and while such agents are rare in the wider… — Thomas Pogge Copy Share Image
An economist is a man who knows a hundred ways of making love but doesn't know any women. — Art Buchwald Copy Share Image
Experts kill me. Economic experts, that is. Corporations, foundations, publications and governments pay them by the bucketful, and they fill buckets with… — Malcolm Forbes Copy Share Image
“Maskini mwenye pesa nyingi ni tajiri bahili. Tajiri mwenye mifuko iliyotoboka ni tajiri badhiri.” — Enock Maregesi Copy Share Image
You may scoff at the Tooth Fairy if you like. But the Tooth Fairy's approach has gotten more politicians elected than any… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
'Murphys law of economic policy': Economists have the least influence on policy where they know the most and are most agreed; they… — Alan Blinder Copy Share Image
Leading economists have shown that by shrinking Texas, we can actually create more income for Texas in the long run. — Ian Frazier Copy Share Image
Well, you have the public not wanting any new spending, you have the Republicans not wanting any new taxes, you have the… — Michael Bloomberg Copy Share Image
An economist is a man that can tell you...what can happen under any given condition, and his guess is liable to be… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
Despite the array of groups and organizations working on global warming, we are still missing a key element: the movement. Along with… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
But Adam Smith was a philosopher as well as well as an economist, famous in his time as much for his Theory… — Paul Ormerod Copy Share Image
I am not a conservative but I have spoken out for years against the staggering amount blind hatred directed at black conservatives… — Juan Williams Copy Share Image
We chose to do this work mathematically, which has the advantage of precision but is not always appreciated by readers. It is… — Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza Copy Share Image
The corporatist-economic model of society appears to be governing us. Economists, often in the pay of transnationals, are deciding, for us, what… — B. W. Powe Copy Share Image
A respected health economist said that these plans would cost a trillion dollars more a year. — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Policy makers have plainly failed both here in the United States and in Europe as well. People who have suffered because of… — Katty Kay Copy Share Image
Being an economist is the least ethical profession, closer to charlatanism than any science. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
Proving that profit is economically and morally justifiable, rather than the result of exploitation, has been a central preoccupation of neoclassical economists. — Jim Stanford Copy Share Image
