Character Quote by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“There is nothing as dangerous as an economist who only knows economics except the moral philosopher who knows no economics.”

— Peter Boettke

An economist is a scoundrel who tells you the way things are rather than the way you want them to be.

— William Nordhaus

“To rank economic activities as more or less preferable is ideology, not science: a judgment that is driven by values and predilections, not by…

— Sam Vaknin

Despite its scientific pretensions, economics still remains more of an art than a science

— Robert Kuttner

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

Any man who is only an economist is unlikely to be a good one.

— Friedrich August von Hayek

Among the social sciences, economists are the snobs. Economics, with its numbers and graphs and curves, at least has the coloration and paraphernalia of…

— Michael Kinsley

There is something, however humble, which can properly be called skill among those who recognise themselves as economists.

— Kenneth E. Boulding

Economics was the only profession where a person could be considered an expert without having once been right.

— George Meany

A loving and fierce defense of economics as a science.

— Robert Krulwich

Economics is not an exact science.

— John Kenneth Galbraith

Economics is a very dangerous science.

— John Maynard Keynes