Economics Quote by Joseph Stiglitz

Religion is a way to make order from chaos, and I think economics is not dissimilar. In religion and in economics, you're trying to…

— Stephen J. Dubner

The problem is, of course, that not only is economics bankrupt but it has always been nothing more than politics in disguise ... economics…

— Hazel Henderson

Economic problems have no sharp edges. They shade off imperceptibly into politics, sociology, and ethics. Indeed, it is hardly an exaggeration to say that…

— Kenneth E. Boulding

Economics is not a discipline that comes to correct answers - economies are too complex.

— Adam Davidson

Economics is a strange science. Our subject deals with some of the most important as well as mundane issues that impinge on the human…

— Dale T. Mortensen

Economics is haunted by more fallacies than any other study known to man. This is no accident. The inherent difficulties of the subject would…

— Henry Hazlitt

Economics is like a church, and it fulfills the same function the church had fulfilled for centuries: the justification of the status quo.

— Thomas Pogge

Economics pretends to be a science. Its practitioners fill blackboards with equations and clog computers with data. But it is really a faith, or…

— Alex Berenson

Much of economics isn't difficult, or rather, the difficulty is in cooking up arguments to "prove" that commonsense conclusions are wrong. The fact is…

— Jerry Pournelle

There is no such thing as economics, only social science applied to economic problems.

— Kenneth E. Boulding

Economics seeks to be a science. Science is supposed to be objective and it is difficult to be scientific when the subject matter, the…

— George Soros

Whether we like it or not, it is a fact that economics cannot remain an esoteric branch of knowledge accessible only to small groups…

— Ludwig von Mises