Economics Quote by Daron Acemoğlu

Economics is the science which studies human behaviour as a relationship between ends and scarce means which have alternative uses.

— Lionel Charles Robbins

“Ultimately, what economics attempts to measure, underneath money, is the totality of all that human beings make and do for each other.”

— Charles Eisenstein

Economics is the study of how society manages its scarce resources.

— Greg Mankiw

We have lost sight of the dependence we have on nature in economics

— Tony Juniper

“Wouldn't economics make a lot more sense if it were based on how people actually behave, instead of how they should behave?”

— Dan Ariely

Economics is a theoretical science and as such abstains from any judgement of value. It is not its task to tell people what ends…

— Ludwig von Mises

“If we can agree that the economic problem of society is mainly one of rapid adaptation to changes in the particular circumstances of time…

— Friedrich A. Hayek

“The economics we need is of the "seminar room" variety, not the "rule-of-thumb" kind. It is an economics that recognizes its limitations and caveats…

— Dani Rodrik

Economics must not be relegated to classrooms and statistical offices and must not be left to esoteric circles. It is the philosophy of human…

— Ludwig von Mises

We need an economics fit for purpose in a finite and entropic world.

— Herman E. Daly

Economics is a strange science. Our subject deals with some of the most important as well as mundane issues that impinge on the human…

— Dale T. Mortensen

Economics becomes redundant if it can rationalise an exchange that sells the future of humankind.

— Andrew Simms