Appropriate Quote by Malcolm Forbes

Economists have allowed themselves to walk into a trap where we say we can forecast, but no serious economist thinks we can.

— Tim Harford

most economists, like doctors, are reluctant to make predictions, and those who make them are seldom accurate. The economy, like the human body, is…

— Alice Rivlin

Economics is haunted by more fallacies than any other study known to man

— Henry Hazlitt

What do you call an economist with a prediction? Wrong.

— Robert Kuttner

Economists are people who wonder if what works in reality can also work in theory.

— Ronald Reagan

Economists are about as useful as astrologers in predicting the future (and, like astrologers, they never let failure on one occasion diminish certitude on…

— Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr

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

Question: Why does anyone bother to listen to economists anymore? The profession has become an embarrassment, and the most respected economists have shown themselves…

— Stephen Moore

One thing I've noticed about history - you can search on newspapers going back hundreds of years, search for 'economic forecast,' you don't find…

— Robert J. Shiller

Economics really pervert every possible good thing that comes, whether it's food or a cure or a new technological advancement; anything like that is…

— Renee Elise Goldsberry

When you cover the economy as a reporter, there's one part of the job that is always easy: finding economists who disagree.

— Adam Davidson

Sometimes economists are right, and sometimes economists are wrong.

— Abhijit Banerjee