Book Quote by Alfred Marshall

For Marx, 'pure' economic theory, that is economic theory which abstracts from a specific social structure, is impossible.

— Ernest Mandel

Economics is not a discipline that comes to correct answers - economies are too complex.

— Adam Davidson

The most basic law of economics?that one cannot get something for nothing.

— Sir Henry Roy Forbes Harrod

What makes it [economics] most fascinating is that its fundamental principles are so simple that they can be written on one page, that anyone…

— Milton Friedman

By any reasonable criteria, the discipline of economics as a whole, in its present state, is sadly lacking.

— Paul Ormerod

Economics must not be relegated to classrooms and statistical offices and must not be left to esoteric circles. It is the philosophy of human…

— Ludwig von Mises

The issue of economics is not something I've understood as well as I should. I've got Greenspan's book.

— John McCain

“There has always been a temptation to classify economic goods in clearly defined groups, about which a number of short and sharp propositions could…

— Alfred Marshall

Basic Economics 101. It's the most complicated simple subject there is.

— Rush Limbaugh

Economists can never be free of from difficulties unless they will distinguish between a theory and the application of a theory.

— William Stanley Jevons

Unlike physics, for example, such parts of the bare bones of economic theory as are expressible in mathematical form are extremely easy compared with…

— John Maynard Keynes

Whether we like it or not, it is a fact that economics cannot remain an esoteric branch of knowledge accessible only to small groups…

— Ludwig von Mises