Baseball Quote by Kevin Hassett

Economists have put themselves in a position where what they are doing is supposed to be impossible to understand for outsiders, so they dont…

— Thomas Piketty

Economists, on the whole, think well of what they do themselves and much less well of what their professional colleagues do.

— John Kenneth Galbraith

It is a misfortune of the times that all of us must needs be amateur economists-including, and perhaps especially, the professionals.

— Benjamin Graham

If economists were good at business, they would be rich men instead of advisers to rich men.

— Kirk Kerkorian

Economists think about what people ought to do. Psychologists watch what they actually do.

— Daniel Kahneman

Economists are behavioural psychologists, but they think more is better; they want to make everyone richer. They should pause. More's not necessarily better

— David Hemenway

Sometimes economists in official positions give bad advice; sometimes they give very, very bad advice; and sometimes they work at the OECD.

— Paul Krugman

Economists are generally negligent of their heroes.

— John Kenneth Galbraith

When better business decisions are made, economists won't make them.

— Anonymous

Of all the thankless jobs that economists set for themselves when it comes to educating people about economics, the notion that society is better…

— Edward C. Prescott

I may be only a fish and chip shop lady, but some of these economists need to get their heads out of the textbooks…

— Pauline Hanson

Despite the high salaries involved, employing economists is a cost-effective way for banks, and stockbrokers to secure exposure in the media.

— Paul Ormerod