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Economists are people who wonder if what works in reality can also work in theory.

— Ronald Reagan

I look at being a capitalist businessperson like riding a bike - if I go too slowly, I'll fall over. Or it's kind of…

— Andrew Mason

Modern economic thinking...is peculiarly unable to consider the long term and to appreciate man's dependence on the natural world.

— E. F. Schumacher

What good does the theory [of economics] do if it is not working for people?

— Muhammad Yunus

Unsustainable situations usually go on longer than most economists think possible. But they always end, and when they do, it's often painful.

— Paul Krugman

Economics really pervert every possible good thing that comes, whether it's food or a cure or a new technological advancement; anything like that is…

— Renee Elise Goldsberry

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

Classic economic theory, based as it is on an inadequate theory of human motivation, could be revolutionized by accepting the reality of higher human…

— Abraham Maslow

“... confidence, fairness, corruption, money illusion, and stories. These are real motivations for real people. They are ubiquitous. The presumption of mainstream macroeconomics that…

— Anonymous

We are all far less rational in our decision-making than standard economic theory assumes. Our irrational behaviors are neither random nor senseless: they are…

— Dan Ariely

“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

The modern history of economic theory is a tale of evasions of reality.

— Thomas Balogh, Baron Balogh