--- title: "4 David Hemenway Quotes - Famous Economist" description: "American academic... | David Hemenway is a professor of Health Policy at the Harvard School of Public Health and Director of the Harvard Injury Control ..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/138/david-hemenway-65078_bravery_instead-of-it-being-the-mark-of-a-real-m_1281095.jpg" --- # David Hemenway (1945) Economist **4** quotes in **32** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet David Hemenway is an economist. ## Quick Facts About David Hemenway Born January 1, 1945 Profession Economist ## About David Hemenway American academic... \| David Hemenway is a professor of Health Policy at the Harvard School of Public Health and Director of the Harvard Injury Control Research Center. He has a B.A. (1966) and Ph.D. (1974) from Harvard University, as well as an MA (1967) from University of Michigan, all in economics. He was James Marsh V ## Quotes by David Hemenway > [Instead of it being the mark of a real man that you can shoot somebody at 50 feet and kill them with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hemenway/instead-of-it-being-the-mark-of-a-real-man-that-you-can-shoot/) David Hemenway [Bravery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bravery/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/138/david-hemenway-65078_bravery_instead-of-it-being-the-mark-of-a-real-m_1281095.jpg) > [There is no evidence that having more guns reduces crime. None at All.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hemenway/there-is-no-evidence-that-having-more-guns-reduces-crime-none-at-all/) David Hemenway [Amendment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amendment/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df4/david-hemenway-65078_crime_there-is-no-evidence-that-having-more-gu_2146263.jpg) > [Economists are behavioural psychologists, but they think more is better; they want to make everyone richer. They should pause. More's not necessarily…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hemenway/economists-are-behavioural-psychologists-but-they-think-more-is/) David Hemenway [Economics](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/economics/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bbd/david-hemenway-65078_economics_economists-are-behavioural-psychologists_2992171.jpg) > [Where there are more guns, there are more gun problems, it 's particularly dangerous to have a gun around when people do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hemenway/where-there-are-more-guns-there-are-more-gun-problems-it-s/) David Hemenway [Amendment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amendment/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7c/david-hemenway-65078_amendment_where-there-are-more-guns-there-are-more_3019210.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hemenway/#itemlist", "name": "David Hemenway Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Instead of it being the mark of a real man that you can shoot somebody at 50 feet and kill them with a gun, the mark of a real man is that you would never do anything like that. . . . 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