Analysis Quote by Paul Krugman

One speaks with great respect of economists, if only because they represent such a variety of opinions.

— Robert Menzies

For far too long economists have sought to define themselves in terms of their supposedly scientific methods. In fact, those methods rely on an…

— Thomas Piketty

“The quality of economists cannot be measured … by the nature of the economic life which surrounds them, but only by the originality and…

— Emil kauder

Unlike physics, economists don't settle things. There seems to be plenty of room for different conclusions that are still accepted in the academy.

— Adam Davidson

The temptation to use mathematics is irresistible for economists. It appears to convey the appropriate air of scientific authority and precision to economists' musings.

— Paul Ormerod

“We both approach the world as economists, and as economists resigned to - and sometimes even reveling in - the character defect that diverts…

— Steven Landsburg

“Economists are all too often preoccupied with petty mathematical problems of interest only to themselves. This obsession with mathematics is an easy way of…

— Thomas Piketty

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

— Ronald Reagan

This is a serious analysis of a ridiculous subject, which is of course the opposite of what is usual in economics.

— Paul Krugman

“That economics has a considerable conceptual apparatus with an appropriate terminology can not be a serious ground for complaint. Economic phenomena, ideas, instruments of…

— John Kenneth Galbraith

Our popular economics writers, however, are not in the business of giving their readers a ringside seat on the research action; with no exception…

— Paul Krugman

Economists have put themselves in a position where what they are doing is supposed to be impossible to understand for outsiders, so they dont…

— Thomas Piketty