Education Quote by Anonymous

That subject has lost its one time appeal to economists as our science has become more abstract, but my interest has even grown more…

— George Stigler

I studied economics and made it my career for two reasons. The subject was and is intellectually fascinating and challenging, particularly to someone with…

— James Tobin

I did an A/S in economics once I had left school and was in my second year as a scholar at Nottingham Forest. I…

— Patrick Bamford

My first undertaking in the way of scientific experiment was in the field of economics and psychology.

— Simon Newcomb

The scientific study of labor economics provided the opportunity for me to unite theory with evidence my lifetime intellectual passion.

— James Heckman

I had become interested in economics, an interest that was transformed into a lifetime dedication when I met with the mathematical theory of general…

— Gerard Debreu

I have tried to put myself in the position of someone seeing economics for the first time. My goal is to emphasize the material…

— Greg Mankiw

Economics in college was very poor; I was not very impressed with it. I actually wanted to study statistics. I discovered mathematical statistics as…

— Kenneth Arrow

I've been a faithful reader of the great classical documents of economics, or tried to be.

— John Kenneth Galbraith

Much of my work in this period was concerned with exploring the logic of economic models, but also with attempting to reconcile the models…

— Joseph Stiglitz

In this age of specialization, I sometimes think of myself as the last 'generalist' in economics, with interests that range from mathematical economics down…

— Paul Samuelson

Much of my work in this period was concerned with exploring the logic of economic models, but also with attempting to reconcile the models…

— Joseph Stiglitz