Accepted Quote by John Kenneth Galbraith

It is impossible to understand the history of economic thought if one does not pay attention to the fact that economics as such is…

— Ludwig von Mises

“The social function of economic science consists precisely in developing sound economic theories and in exploding the fallacies of vicious reasoning. In the pursuit…

— Ludwig Von Mises

“Because elites dominating extractive institutions fear creative destruction, they will resist it, and any growth that germinates under extractive institutions will be ultimately short…

— Daron Acemoğlu

“The process of economic growth and the inclusive institutions upon which it is based create losers as well as winners in the political arena…

— Daron Acemoğlu

With respect to the first of these obstacles, it has often been made a matter of grave complaint against Political Economists, that they confine…

— Nassau William Senior

The inescapable fact is that when we build a society based on greed, selfishness, and ruthless competition, the fruits we can expect to reap…

— Tommy Douglas

“Behind this public glorification of greed, three recent experimental research studies suggest that the academic discipline of economics encourages a culture of greed.”

— Vaddhaka Linn

“Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad.” And if they would destroy economies, they first create a wealthy class on top, and…

— Michael Hudson

On the contrary, the characteristic element of the present situation is that economic questions have finally and irrevocably invaded the domain of public life…

— Arthur Henderson

Some mythological fat asswipe drives our national economy.

— Chuck Palahniuk

“As the authors of the studies point out, these effects suggest that economics education may have serious consequences for students’ attitudes towards greed.”

— Vaddhaka Linn

I think that a true economics thinker or a Marxist thinker would make nonsense of my argument, although I have given massive seminars and…

— Marina Warner