Arrogant Quote by Charlie Munger

“In the twentieth century per capita GDP was perhaps the supreme yardstick for evaluating national success. From this perspective, Singapore, each of whose citizens…

— Yuval Noah Harari

Economists have much to be humble about.

— Paul Samuelson

There's only one honest way to measure affluence; that's by comparing the capability of producing goods and services with the desire of people to…

— Louis O. Kelso

“We spend a trillion dollars a year on food, but it’s only 9.4 percent of our expendable income, the lowest percentage of any country…

— Mark Bittman

The nation is prosperous on the whole, but how much prosperity is there in a hole?

— Will Rogers

We need economic growth that is sustainable and job-rich rather than just statistically impressive.

— Guy Ryder

It is not great wealth in a few individuals that proves a country is prosperous, but great general wealth evenly distributed among the people. . .

— Victoria Woodhull

“Finance is mistakenly retailed to be the per capita of a person's net worth”

— P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar

At the turn of the twenty-first century, the richest 5 percent of people receive one-third of total global income, as much as the poorest 80 percent.

— Zygmunt Bauman

The rate of profit... is naturally low in rich and high in poor countries, and it is always highest in the countries which are…

— Adam Smith

An economist's guess is liable to be as good as anybody else's.

— Will Rogers

There is something, however humble, which can properly be called skill among those who recognise themselves as economists.

— Kenneth E. Boulding