--- title: "4 Peter Temin Quotes - Famous Economist" description: "American economist (1937–2025)... | Peter Temin was an American economist and economic historian, who served as the Gray Professor of Economics at MIT, ..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/380/peter-temin-67299_college-student_only-one-third-of-college-students-from_22329.jpg" --- # Peter Temin (1937–2025) Economist **4** quotes in **11** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Peter Temin was an economist. ## Quick Facts About Peter Temin Born December 17, 1937 Died August 4, 2025 Profession Economist ## About Peter Temin American economist (1937–2025)... \| Peter Temin was an American economist and economic historian, who served as the Gray Professor of Economics at MIT, where he was once the head of the Economics Department. ## Quotes by Peter Temin > [“Only one-third of college students from the bottom quarter of households graduate, while two-thirds of students from the top quarter do. Both…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-temin/only-one-third-of-college-students-from-the-bottom-quarter-of/) [Peter Temin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-temin/) [College student](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/college-student/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/380/peter-temin-67299_college-student_only-one-third-of-college-students-from_22329.jpg) > [“The combination of students who do not complete college and private colleges that do not deliver degrees that help their graduates gain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-temin/the-combination-of-students-who-do-not-complete-college-and-private/) [Peter Temin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-temin/) [Debt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/debt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/992/peter-temin-67299_debt_the-combination-of-students-who-do-not-c_864854.jpg) > [“Fish do not know they are living in water, and members of the FTE sector are not aware of the social capital…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-temin/fish-do-not-know-they-are-living-in-water-and-members-of-the-fte/) [Peter Temin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-temin/) [Fish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fish/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/237/peter-temin-67299_social-capital_fish-do-not-know-they-are-living-in-wate_1283962.jpg) > [“In short, we are living by 'the Golden Rule - whoever has the gold rules.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-temin/in-short-we-are-living-by-the-golden-rule-whoever-has-the-gold-rules/) [Peter Temin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-temin/) [Gold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gold/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ca/peter-temin-67299_gold_in-short-we-are-living-by-the-golden-rul_2532767.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-temin/#itemlist", "name": "Peter Temin Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Only one-third of college students from the bottom quarter of households graduate, while two-thirds of students from the top quarter do. 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