Economics Quote by Adam M. Grant

The intelligent altruists, though less altruistic than unintelligent altruists, will be fitter than both unintelligent altruists and selfish individuals.

— Anonymous

The Nobel Prize confers on an individual an authority which in economics no man ought to possess.

— Friedrich August von Hayek

“In 1986, Buchanan was awarded a Nobel Prize in economics. Liberal economists were aghast. Robert Lekachman, for instance, lambasted Buchanan for reducing “all human…

— Jane Mayer

“smarter people tend to think more like economists”

— Steven Pinker

Probably the only people left who think that economics deserves a Nobel Prize are economists. It confirms their conceit that they're doing 'science' rather…

— Robert J. Samuelson

“It's a basic rule of human nature that the promise of unexpected wealth short-circuits both intelligence and common sense.”

— Vikas Swarup

“There is nothing as dangerous as an economist who only knows economics except the moral philosopher who knows no economics.”

— Peter Boettke

“Intelligent people need a fool to lead them. When the team’s all a bunch of scientists, it is best to have a peasant lead…

— Anonymous

“one in this world, so far as I know, has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain…

— Anonymous

“The consistent and persistent man of average intelligence is more likely to succeed than an erratic and lazy genius.”

— Om Swami

I must confess that if I had been consulted whether to establish a Nobel Prize in economics, I should have decidedly advised against it.

— Friedrich August von Hayek

“No one person is inherently more intelligent than another; we all simply excel in different areas of intelligence.”

— Siddharth Katragadda