Economics Quote by John Forbes Nash, Jr

There is much of economic theory which is pursued for no better reason than its intellectual attraction; it is a good game. We have…

— Sir John Richard Hicks

Game theory is a branch of, originally, applied mathematics, used mostly in economics and political science, a little bit in biology, that gives us…

— Colin Camerer

I studied mathematics fairly broadly and I was fortunate enough...also to make a nice discovery relating to manifolds and real algebraic varieties. So I…

— John Nash

Paradoxically, it has turned out that game theory is more readily applied to biology than to the field of economic behavior for which it…

— John Maynard Smith

The broader the chess player you are, the easier it is to be competitive, and the same seems to be true of mathematics -…

— Viswanathan Anand

Mathematical economics is old enough to be respectable, but not all economists respect it. It has powerful supporters and impressive testimonials, yet many capable…

— James R Newman

Modern economics is sick. Economics has increasingly become an intellectual game played for its own sake and not for its practical consequences for understanding…

— Mark Blaug

A thorough understanding of game theory, should dim these greedy hopes. Knowledge of game theory does not make one a better card player, businessman…

— Anatol Rapoport

I think game theory creates ideas that are important in solving and approaching conflict in general.

— Robert Aumann

“To put it bluntly, the discipline of economics has yet to get over its childish passion for mathematics and for purely theoretical and often…

— Thomas Piketty

“Mathematics is not just a “numbers game,” it is a way of thinking.”

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

I was reasonably interested in mathematics in school. Typically what happens is... when you start playing chess, it takes up a lot of your…

— Viswanathan Anand