Ability Quote by Derek Bok

Education equals economic growth.

— Julia Gillard

Ever since economists revealed how much universities contribute to economic growth, politicians have paid close attention to higher education.

— Derek Bok

Economists actually disagree about whether there are significant economic returns from attending an elite college versus a less-selective one.

— Emily Oster

The traditional story of economists has been to say education explains what the returns are to school. I say, 'Okay, that's fine, but what…

— James Heckman

Colleges don't teach economics properly. Unfortunately we learn little from the experience of the past. An economist must know, besides his subject, ethics, logic,…

— Bernard Baruch

No other investment yields as great a return as the investment in education. An educated workforce is the foundation of every community and the…

— Brad Henry

Education does not necessarily make one wise?

— Benjamin Carson

Most [people] see education only as the means by which a person is transported from one economic plane to a higher one.

— Richard M. Weaver

“Having a college degree does not make you educated. Always learning new things is what makes you educated.”

— Dan Pearce

“Among college students, economics and philosophy majors have similar current incomes, but it’s the economics students who drive cars, because it’s the economics students…

— Steven E. Landsburg

Economists are economical, among other things, of ideas; most make those of their graduate days do for a lifetime.

— John Kenneth Galbraith

Our economic future rests on the extent to which all students, especially those who represent America's growing majority, have access to rigorous, college-preparatory classes…

— Chaka Fattah