Economists are pessimists: they've predicted 8 of the last 3 depressions — Barry Asmus Copy Share Image
Economists are like computers. They need to have facts punched into them. — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists. — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
More than any other issue, economists have kind of been boosters for trade. — David Autor Copy Share Image
The economists all think that if you show up at the cashier's cage with enough currency, God will put more oil in… — Kenneth S. Deffeyes Copy Share Image
Whatever may be the distribution of uncertainty among economists, the public only gets to hear from those who have certain opinions. — Herbert Stein Copy Share Image
In my long life, I have known some great economists, but I have never counted myself among their number nor walked in… — Ronald Coase Copy Share Image
It is from the scope and wisdom of the economists of the past that we must reap the knowledge with which to… — Robert Heilbroner Copy Share Image
All economists should be locked up until they admit that they don't know what they're talking about. — Andy Rooney Copy Share Image
Economists are like Aeolian harps, and the sounds that issue from them are determined by the winds that blow. — Rebecca West Copy Share Image
There is something, however humble, which can properly be called skill among those who recognise themselves as economists. — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
If all the economists in the world were laid end to end, it wouldn't be a bad thing. — Peter Lynch Copy Share Image
When you poll all of the economists, uh, across America that I think are intellectually honest they would all, or maybe not… — Donald Evans 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 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
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
Economists treat economics as if it is a pure science divorced from the facts of life. The result of this false accountancy… — Vivienne Westwood Copy Share Image
I have been…moved to wonder whether my job is a job or a racket, whether economists, and particularly economic theorists, may not… — Frank Knight Copy Share Image
“The economics we need is of the "seminar room" variety, not the "rule-of-thumb" kind. It is an economics that recognizes its limitations… — Dani Rodrik 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
“according to the economists, the function of the state was not merely one of ruling the nation, but also that of recasting… — Alexis de Tocqueville 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
It is often sadly remarked that the bad economists present their errors to the public better than the good economists present their… — Henry Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Mathematical economics is old enough to be respectable, but not all economists respect it. It has powerful supporters and impressive testimonials, yet… — James R Newman Copy Share Image
One intriguing subplot of the economic crisis is the failure of most economists to predict it. Here we have the most spectacular… — Robert J. Samuelson Copy Share Image
One of the most important skills of the economist, therefore, is that of simplification of the model. Two important methods of simplification… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
“In 1996, my first year on Wall Street, the New York Times wrote a story pointing out that IBM, which had employed… — Danielle DiMartino Booth Copy Share Image
“[T]he ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong, are more powerful than is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The master-economist must possess a rare combination of gifts. He must reach a high standard in several different directions and must combine… — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
“Although the view that, once discovered, ideas can be imitated for free by anybody is pervasive, it is far from the truth.… — Michele Boldrin Copy Share Image
You and I come by road or rail, but economists travel on infrastructure. — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
If economists were doctors, they would today be mired in malpractice suits. — John Ralston Saul Copy Share Image
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