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Economists are generally negligent of their heroes. — John Kenneth Galbraith
In short, competition has to shoulder the responsibility of explaining all the meaningless ideas of the economists, whereas it should rather be the economists who… — Karl Marx
Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists. — John Kenneth Galbraith
As economists have often pointed out, we pay doctors for quantity, not quality. As they point out less often, we also pay them as individuals,… — Atul Gawande
With more than 67 percent of the Nation's freight moving on highways, economists believe that our ability to compete internationally is tied to the quality… — Dennis Hastert
I have arrived at the conviction that the neglect by economists to discuss seriously what is really the crucial problem of our time is due… — Friedrich August von Hayek
Economists think about what people ought to do. Psychologists watch what they actually do. — Daniel Kahneman
It's clear that policymakers and economists are going to be interested in the measurement of well-being primarily as it correlates with health; they also want… — Daniel Kahneman
If economists could manage to get themselves thought of as humble, competent people on a level with dentists, that would be splendid. — John Maynard Keynes
I'm not an economist and we all know economists were created to make weather forecasters look good. — Rupert Murdoch
Economists want their discipline to be a science, and they have nailed down a few precepts, but many of their debates are still clouded by… — Nathan Myhrvold
We're more familiar with what economists call an English auction - prices start low and rise as people bid. However, there is also the Dutch… — Nathan Myhrvold
I don't want to get into the 'who's a hostage-taker' discussion here, but what is the estate tax? It's a double tax on death. Economists… — Paul Ryan
If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion. — George Bernard Shaw
The public is even more pessimistic about the economy than even the most bearish economists are. — Nate Silver
I believe that economists put decimal points in their forecasts to show they have a sense of humor. — William Gilmore Simms
One of the profound effects of economics in our day is that the people with the money and the power have embraced the guilt-free, external-less,… — Jane Smiley
English majors understand human nature better than economists do. — Jane Smiley
Economists often like startling theorems, results which seem to run counter to conventional wisdom. — Joseph Stiglitz
There must have been something in the air of Gary that led one into economics: the first Nobel Prize winner, Paul Samuelson, was also from… — Joseph Stiglitz
Popular as Keynesian fiscal policy may be, many economists are skeptical that it works. They argue that fine-tuning the economy is a virtually impossible task,… — James Surowiecki
Behavioral economists have shown that a sizable percentage of people are willing to pay real money to punish people who are taking from a common… — James Surowiecki
Intellectual-property rules are clearly necessary to spur innovation: if every invention could be stolen, or every new drug immediately copied, few people would invest in… — James Surowiecki
Many scientists and economists also say putting a price on carbon through carbon taxes and/or cap-and-trade is necessary. — David Suzuki
The track record of economists in predicting events is monstrously bad. It is beyond simplification; it is like medieval medicine. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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