Behavioral economics Quote by Anonymous

“Your money myth affects your gain and luck. In economics, illusion of money affects wealth.”

— Toba Beta

It is the habit of the unthinking to turn to the illusions of economic magic. These unhappy times call for the building of plans…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

“When economists base their models on their fantasies of an "economic man" motivated only by self-interest, they forget community--the all-important web of meaning we…

— Cacilda Jethá

“We often destroy the world’s real wealth to create an illusion of wealth, confusing symbol and substance.”

— Susan Wiggs

The economic illusion is the belief that social justice is bad for economic growth.

— Robert Kuttner

Economists who adhere to rational-expectations models of the world will never admit it, but a lot of what happens in markets is driven by…

— Robert J. Shiller

Narrative drives most of economics. Everything seems to be part of a story, and how that story is told often leads to critical error.

— Barry Ritholtz

I have yet to meet the famous Rational Economic Man theorists describe. Real people have always done inexplicable things from time to time, and…

— Anonymous

“For better or worse, we live in a world where money can be acquired simply by attracting attention and by making promises.”

— Jonathan Slack

If you take an economics or a political science course, you're taught that humans are supposed to be rational wealth accumulators, each acting as…

— Noam Chomsky

“Wealth mostly ignored the real reality.”

— sir kristian goldmund aumann

“Corruption,' Jordan Belfort believes, 'is endemic to human being. I mean, even men in monasteries - where enticement is hard to come by –…

— Antonella Gambotto-Burke