Development Quote by Jane Jacobs

Economists can never be free of from difficulties unless they will distinguish between a theory and the application of a theory.

— William Stanley Jevons

Economics has never been a science - and it is even less now than a few years ago.

— Paul Samuelson

The modern history of economic theory is a tale of evasions of reality.

— Thomas Balogh, Baron Balogh

I had considered how the things that never happen, are often as much realities to us, in their effects, as those that are accomplished.

— Anonymous

Economics is concerned with what emerges, not what anyone intended.

— Thomas Sowell

There is no economic problem and, in a sense, there never has been.

— E. F. Schumacher

It is thus hardly surprising that so many of the great minds in recent history have concerned themselves with economic matters. Indeed, they have…

— Paul Zane Pilzer

There is no single theory that is used in economics that considers the finite nature of resources. It's shocking.

— Jeremy Grantham

Existing economics is a theoretical system which floats in the air and which bears little relation to what happens in the real world.

— Ronald Coase

The current situation with regard to theory is odd and maybe defined by a paradox.

— Simon Critchley

The greatest realities are physical and economic, all the subtleties of life come afterward.

— Joyce Carol Oates

Once you start thinking about growth of economy, it's hard to think about anything else.

— Chris Hayes