20th century Quote by Adam Davidson

Over the last decade, economists seemed to share a broad consensus about economic policy, with the old splits between monetarists and Keynesians apparently being…

— Gavyn Davies

Economists got away from really questioning how the world works, how decisions actually got made. If something doesn't conform to neoclassical models ... people…

— W. Brian Arthur

In a normal time, I don't think economic policy makes a large difference one way or another. But in times of crisis it makes…

— Mark Zandi

Economics evolved as a more moral and more egalitarian approach to policy than prevailed in its surrounding milieu. Let's cherish and extend that heritage.…

— Tyler Cowen

“Along with libertarians such as Milton Friedman, an especially influential economist, they pointed with alarm at the dramatic increase in the number of government…

— James T. Patterson

Although the world has changed dramatically since 1843, we believe that the values that guide 'The Economist' are as relevant as ever.

— Zanny Minton Beddoes

Economists who studied in the '80s tend to have a pretty crude neoclassical view that's just about freeing up prices and markets, and then…

— Duncan Green

People today dont become economists to make the world a better place.

— Tim Harford

People today don't become economists to make the world a better place.

— Tim Harford

Policy makers have plainly failed both here in the United States and in Europe as well. People who have suffered because of that. And…

— Katty Kay

Economists create their own worlds. We're like little gods with our artificial economics, wanting to see what happens.

— Edward C. Prescott

The ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong, are more powerful than is generally understood.…

— John Maynard Keynes