What we owe future generations is the subject of growing debate by economists, philosophers, ethicists, public policymakers, and academics of all stripes.… — Leonor Varela Copy Share Image
Many economists are great believers in the idea that everything in nature is competitive and that we should set up a society… — Frans de Waal Copy Share Image
“Experiment and reason, tempered by intuition, were to him preferable to solid plodding in the well-trodden paths of experience.” — Richard Davenport-Hines Copy Share Image
The traditional story of economists has been to say education explains what the returns are to school. I say, 'Okay, that's fine,… — James Heckman Copy Share Image
Ever since economists revealed how much universities contribute to economic growth, politicians have paid close attention to higher education. — Derek Bok Copy Share Image
Very often, the judgments by ordinary citizens may be better than those by professional economists, being more rooted in reality and less… — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image
We want an economic team, Paul Krugman and Robert Kuttner, Joseph Steiglitz's people and others, who say, you know what? We're sophisticated… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
When the Internet first appeared, this heated debate developed among economists. One side said the Internet will make it easier for companies… — Austan Goolsbee Copy Share Image
Economists tend to think they are much, much smarter than historians, than everybody. And this is a bit too much because at… — Thomas Piketty Copy Share Image
Perhaps concentrated wealth will inspire a nation of innovative problem-solvers. But if the view of many economists is right - that it… — Adam Davidson Copy Share Image
Sometimes economists are right, and sometimes economists are wrong. — Abhijit Banerjee Copy Share Image
Economists who have studied the relationship between education and economic growth confirm what common sense suggests: The number of college degrees is… — Derek Bok Copy Share Image
Most economists use 'fixed' and 'pegged' as interchangeable or nearly interchangeable terms for exchange rates. — Steve Hanke Copy Share Image
Unlike physics, economists don't settle things. There seems to be plenty of room for different conclusions that are still accepted in the… — Adam Davidson Copy Share Image
Happiness quantification sounds a bit wishy-washy, sure, and through a series of carefully administered surveys across the globe, economists and psychologists have… — Adam Davidson Copy Share Image
Economics evolved as a more moral and more egalitarian approach to policy than prevailed in its surrounding milieu. Let's cherish and extend… — Tyler Cowen Copy Share Image
I'm not an economist and we all know economists were created to make weather forecasters look good. — Rupert Murdoch Copy Share Image
Privatization came on slowly. When something very big happens, like privatization, historians and economists like to think you must have had very… — Kenneth Baker Copy Share Image
We have lots of evidence that putting investments in early childhood education, even evidence from very hard-nosed economists, is one of the… — Alison Gopnik Copy Share Image
Some economists estimate that for every family that goes bankrupt, there are about 15 more who are in the same amount of… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
People today don't become economists to make the world a better place. — Tim Harford Copy Share Image
Nobody at CNBC owns gold. Nobody at Bloomberg owns gold. Gold is being constantly talked down by the media, and Fed officials,… — Marc Faber Copy Share Image
The rationale for tenure is still valid. But the system has turned the academy into one of the most conservative and costly… — Francis Fukuyama Copy Share Image
Economists should be modest and be aware that they are part of the broader social science community. We need to be pragmatic… — Thomas Piketty Copy Share Image
What Disneyland was to my kids at age 10, that's kind of what Chicago is for economists. — Austan Goolsbee Copy Share Image
