Economics Quote by Milton Friedman

Most economics that is taught in college and universities today projects itself as a value-neutral science. This claim has always been open to question,…

— Michael Sandel

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

Economics is a study of cause-and-effect relationships in an economy. It's purpose is to discern the consequences of various ways of allocating resources which…

— Thomas Sowell

Contrary to what professional economists will typically tell you, economics is not a science. All economic theories have underlying political and ethical assumptions, which…

— Ha-Joon Chang

Economics is a theoretical science and as such abstains from any judgement of value. It is not its task to tell people what ends…

— Ludwig von Mises

Economics has increasingly become the science of human behavior in general, and it's all the more unlikely to think that it can possibly be…

— Michael Sandel

Instead of ideological objectives of a political nature, today we are faced with ideological objectives of economic nature.

— Omar Bongo

Just as a poetic discussion of the weather is not meteorology, so an issuance of moral pronouncements or political creeds about the economy is…

— Thomas Sowell

Good economics is good politics.

— Paul Keating

Understanding economics can help you make better decisions and lead a happier life.

— Tyler Cowen

Economics is the science which studies human behaviour as a relationship between ends and scarce means which have alternative uses.

— Lionel Charles Robbins

There is a moral underpinning to economics. And the kinds of questions that it asks and the kinds of solutions it proposes do seem…

— John Lanchester