--- title: "4 John Quiggin Quotes - Famous Economist" description: "Australian economist... | John Quiggin is an Australian economist, a professor at the University of Queensland. He was formerly an Australian Research C..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b134/author-john-quiggin-69533.jpg" --- ![Portrait of John Quiggin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b134/author-john-quiggin-69533.jpg) # John Quiggin (1956) Economist **4** quotes in **77** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet John Quiggin is an economist. ## Quick Facts About John Quiggin Born March 29, 1956 Profession Economist ## About John Quiggin Australian economist... \| John Quiggin is an Australian economist, a professor at the University of Queensland. He was formerly an Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow and Federation Fellow and a member of the board of the Climate Change Authority of the Australian Government. ## Quotes by John Quiggin > [It seems strange to make a priori arguments about the relative performance of governments and the markets in health care when there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-quiggin/it-seems-strange-to-make-a-priori-arguments-about-the-relative/) John Quiggin [Argument](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/argument/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf1/john-quiggin-69533_argument_it-seems-strange-to-make-a-priori-argume_351650.png) > [The term "rational" and its variants (rationality, rationalism) are used in a lot of contexts in economic debate, both positively and negatively,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-quiggin/the-term-rational-and-its-variants-rationality-rationalism-are-used/) John Quiggin [Advice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/advice/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21c/john-quiggin-69533_advice_the-term-rational-and-its-variants-ratio_1230995.png) > [Throughout the history of the Internet, most of the innovation has come as a by-product of efforts to facilitate communication within social…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-quiggin/throughout-the-history-of-the-internet-most-of-the-innovation-has/) John Quiggin [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2f/john-quiggin-69533_adopted_throughout-the-history-of-the-internet-m_2640459.jpg) > [In philosophical terms, the opposite of rationalism is not irrationalism but empiricism, that is, a willingness to form beliefs on the basis…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-quiggin/in-philosophical-terms-the-opposite-of-rationalism-is-not/) John Quiggin [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/612/john-quiggin-69533_accompany_in-philosophical-terms-the-opposite-of-r_2732572.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-quiggin/#itemlist", "name": "John Quiggin Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It seems strange to make a priori arguments about the relative performance of governments and the markets in health care when there is so much empirical evidence.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Quiggin" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-quiggin/it-seems-strange-to-make-a-priori-arguments-about-the-relative/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf1/john-quiggin-69533_argument_it-seems-strange-to-make-a-priori-argume_351650.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf1/john-quiggin-69533_argument_it-seems-strange-to-make-a-priori-argume_351650.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf1/john-quiggin-69533_argument_it-seems-strange-to-make-a-priori-argume_351650.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It seems strange to make a priori arguments about the relative performance of governments and the markets in…” — John Quiggin", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The term \"rational\" and its variants (rationality, rationalism) are used in a lot of contexts in economic debate, both positively and negatively, but nearly always sloppily or dishonestly. 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