Controversy Quote by Francis Ysidro Edgeworth

Everybody thinks of economics whether he is aware of it or not. In joining a political party or in casting his ballot, the citizen…

— Ludwig von Mises

Economics is a subject profoundly conducive to cliche, resonant with boredom. On few topics is an American audience so practiced in turning off its…

— John Kenneth Galbraith

There is such a polarized discussion of economics among people like analysts, columnists, bloggers; often, they end up just saying that views other than…

— Adam Davidson

Never put yourself in controversy. Be transparent and speak your mind. Be clear on your point of view, stand by it and be counted…

— Anil Sinha

Economics has many substantive areas of knowledge where there is agreement, but also contains areas of controversy. That's inescapable.

— Ben Bernanke

When you cover the economy as a reporter, there's one part of the job that is always easy: finding economists who disagree.

— Adam Davidson

I don't ascribe to myself any special competence in economic insight. I translate what I hear from highly intelligent people into political and philosophical…

— Henry Kissinger

“The thing that strikes me more and more, is the extraordinary viciousness and dishonesty of political controversy in our time. I don’t mean merely…

— George Orwell

“Listening to other opinions was invariably more profitable than antagonizing their owners by pointing out tiresome objections.”

— William Haggard

I certainly want people to read what I've written. Yet, and here's that question of economic position, because I have a secure job, I…

— Davis Schneiderman

It's true that if you advise politicians on economic policy in the U.S. today, you spend your time in a cross between inquiry and…

— Robert Shapiro

I write with two things in mind. I want to be right with my fellow economists. After all, I've made my life as a…

— John Kenneth Galbraith