Economics Quote by John Kenneth Galbraith

An economist is a scoundrel who tells you the way things are rather than the way you want them to be.

— William Nordhaus

One speaks with great respect of economists, if only because they represent such a variety of opinions.

— Robert Menzies

“the ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong, are more powerful than is commonly understood.…

— John Maynard Keynes

An economist is a man who states the obvious in terms of the incomprehensible.

— Anonymous

It is from the scope and wisdom of the economists of the past that we must reap the knowledge with which to face the…

— Robert Heilbroner

“Thinking ‘economistically’, as we have done now for thirty years, is not intrinsic to humans.”

— Tony Judt

“smarter people tend to think more like economists”

— Steven Pinker

“None of this excuses anyone from mastering the basic ideas and terminology of economics. The intelligent layman must expect also to encounter good economists…

— John Kenneth Galbraith

“When economists base their models on their fantasies of an "economic man" motivated only by self-interest, they forget community--the all-important web of meaning we…

— Cacilda Jethá

“Economics is organized common sense.”

— Thomas Sargent

An economist is someone who sees something that works in practice and wonders if it would work in theory.

— Ronald Reagan

The ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong, are more powerful than is generally understood.…

— John Maynard Keynes