Economics Quote by Erik Brynjolfsson

The measure of performance of any given agent is the amount of money it accumulates through its actions.

— John Henry Holland

Agents can act with what is called duality, working for both a club and a player - and get paid from both ends.

— Simon Jordan

As an agent - and I don't like the word - you get the perception that it's all about money. And it's not all…

— Rich Paul

An agent is a person who is sore because an actor gets 90% of what they make.

— Elton John

“For far too long, economists have neglected the distribution of wealth, partly because of Kuznets’s optimistic conclusions and partly because of the profession’s undue…

— Thomas Piketty

“remember Stephen King's First Rule of Writers and Agents, learned by bitter personal experience: You don't need one until you're making enough for someone…

— Stephen King

Too little attention is paid to the dark side of incentives. They are anything but a magic bullet. Psychologists have known this for years,…

— Barry Schwartz

Not ever having been an agent myself, my sense is that upper-level agents who have the most power, who can move people through the…

— John Landgraf

The paramount problem... is how to make this new form of property ownership a workable agent toward repeopleizing the proprietorship of the country's industries.…

— Peter S. Grosscup

Now one person doing the job of one and a half. So as an employer I can get two people to do the work…

— Nick Hanauer

Being under contract gives you financial and emotional security. But you lose the sense of accomplishment that goes hand in hand with being a…

— Van Heflin

The survey findings reflect the growing trend toward incentive compensation programs as a way for employers to share the wealth with workers, ... Roughly…

— Jerry Jasinowski