The good news is that economists are intelligent, engaging and often charming folks. The bad news is their work is often of… — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share Image
Economists actually disagree about whether there are significant economic returns from attending an elite college versus a less-selective one. — Emily Oster Copy Share Image
I have always been considered to be the most German among Italian economists, which I always received as a compliment, but was… — Mario Monti Copy Share Image
Indeed, willingness to challenge professional economists and other experts is a foundation stone of democracy. If all we have to do is… — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image
The America that I think most Americans would want, most economists on the right or left would want, is one in which… — Adam Davidson Copy Share Image
I think behavioral economists don't have any more of an explanation about the rise of Trump than anyone else. — Richard Thaler Copy Share Image
What free-market economists are not telling us is that the politics they want to get rid of are none other than those… — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image
Like a bottle of wine or a promising college quarterback turning pro, C.E.O.'s are similar to what economists call experience goods: you… — Adam Davidson Copy Share Image
Academic economists have consistently discredited themselves by wrongly warning against the policies of President Trump. — Scott Bessent Copy Share Image
A study by Treasury economists estimated that a country with a tax rate one percentage point lower than another country's attracts 3… — Henry Paulson Copy Share Image
“Most economists are accustomed to treating companies as idyllic places where everyone is devoted to a common goal: making as much money… — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
Throughout the industrial era, economists considered manufactured capital - money, factories, etc. - the principal factor in industrial production, and perceived natural… — Paul Hawken 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
Economists at the National Bureau of Economic Research and University of Chicago persuasively argue that one of the biggest reasons for the… — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
Years ago, I noticed one thing about economics, and that is that economists didn't get anything right. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
The density of settlement of economists over the whole empire of economic science is very uneven, with a few areas of modest… — Herbert A. Simon Copy Share Image
Economists have put themselves in a position where what they are doing is supposed to be impossible to understand for outsiders, so… — Thomas Piketty Copy Share Image
I can't speak for them, of course, but I believe that most economists would accept the view that, while you sometimes can… — Merton Miller Copy Share Image
“They (economists) must set aside their contempt for other disciplines and their absurd claim to greater scientific legitimacy, despite the fact that… — Thomas Piketty Copy Share Image
In the 2013 Economists Program, we hired 51 percent women, 49 percent men. And the reason for that is that we have… — Christine Lagarde Copy Share Image
For me, geopolitical issues are becoming more important, because how can you understand economy if you don't understand geopolitics? People think economists… — Nouriel Roubini Copy Share Image
Instead of a universal basic income, we could have a basic income guarantee. Or, as economists prefer to call it, a negative… — Rutger Bregman Copy Share Image
Economists discount any factors that would not influence the thinking of a rational person. — Richard Thaler Copy Share Image
Economists have allowed themselves to walk into a trap where we say we can forecast, but no serious economist thinks we can. — Tim Harford Copy Share Image
