Economist Quote by Oliver Goldsmith

“If you wish to be a great family-man learn philosophy of people, if you wish to be a great businessman learn philosophy of finance.”

— Amit Kalantri

Economists get impatient with philosophy. They are often trained as skilled mathematicians. They don't like going back to ordinary language and first principles.

— Martha C. Nussbaum

The unspoken word is capital. We can invest it or we can squander it.

— Mark Twain

Philosophy ... must not bargain away anything of the emphatic concept of truth.

— Theodor Adorno

“An economy is a "noosphere" (a mind-based system), and it can revive as quickly as minds and policies can change.”

— George Gilder

The American stock market is a profoundly useful and mature idea that our society has created. We as a society have said, 'Let's take…

— Baiju Bhatt

Economics must not be relegated to classrooms and statistical offices and must not be left to esoteric circles. It is the philosophy of human…

— Ludwig von Mises

“There is in the world today a great and mysterious force that shapes the fortunes of millions of people. It is called the stock…

— Robert Wright

“[Economics] is all about observing the world with genuine curiosity and admitting that it is full of mysteries”

— Steven E. Landsburg

Philosophy seems to me on the whole a rather hopeless business.

— Bertrand Russell

“...the stock market is the best wealth-building vehicle that exists today for the average American. Hell, for most if not all Americans!”

— Eric Milton

Investment philosophy is the clear understanding that by owning shares of stocks he owns businesses, not pieces of paper.

— Warren Buffett