Attention Quote by Nassau William Senior

It is impossible to understand the history of economic thought if one does not pay attention to the fact that economics as such is…

— Ludwig von Mises

This fear of criticism displayed by the advocates of freedom of criticism cannot be attributed solely to craftiness. No, the majority of the Economists…

— Vladimir Lenin

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

Indeed, the distribution of wealth is too important an issue to be left to economists, sociologists, historians, and philosophers.

— Thomas Piketty

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

Economics is a subject that does not greatly respect one's wishes.

— Nikita Khrushchev

“The social function of economic science consists precisely in developing sound economic theories and in exploding the fallacies of vicious reasoning. In the pursuit…

— Ludwig Von Mises

Few economic problems, if any, are difficult of solution. The difficulty, all but invariably, is in confronting them. We know what needs to be…

— John Kenneth Galbraith

“Many despise economy, confounding it with stinginess and narrowness. But economy is consistent with the broadest liberality. Indeed, without economy, there can be no…

— Ellen G. White

Economists have much to be humble about.

— Paul Samuelson

We have reached a profound point in economic history where the truth is unpalatable to the political class - and that truth is that…

— Hugh Hendry

“The economists exploded the old tenets: that it is unfair and unjust to outdo a competitor by producing better and cheaper goods; that it…

— Ludwig von Mises