Degrees Quote by Kenneth E. Boulding

The ability to work with systems of general equilibrium is perhaps one of the most important skills of the economist - a skill which…

— Kenneth E. Boulding

It had been held that the economic system, any capitalist system, found its equilibrium at full employment. Left to itself, it was thus that…

— John Kenneth Galbraith

The eurozone status quo is neither tolerable nor stable. Mainstream economists would call it an inferior equilibrium; I call it a nightmare - one…

— George Soros

We need to abandon the economist's notion of the economy as a machine, with its attendant concept of equilibrium. A more helpful way of…

— Paul Ormerod

One of the most important skills of the economist, therefore, is that of simplification of the model. Two important methods of simplification have been…

— Kenneth E. Boulding

Equilibrium is a figment of the human imagination.

— Kenneth E. Boulding

Reality, in its quantitative aspect, must be considered as a system of populations... The general study of the equilibria and dynamics of populations seems…

— Kenneth E. Boulding

The concept of need is often looked upon rather unfavorably by economists, in contrast with the concept of demand. Both, however, have their own…

— Kenneth E. Boulding

Economists and technologists bring the "bits", but it requires the social scientists and humanists to bring the "wits.

— Kenneth E. Boulding

Physicists can only talk to other physicists and economists to economists... sociologists often cannot even understand each other.

— Kenneth E. Boulding

In view of the importance of philanthropy in our society, it is surprising that so little attention has been given to it by economic…

— Kenneth E. Boulding

I believe in looseness.

— Willie Nelson