Advice Quote by Paul Krugman

Economists, on the whole, think well of what they do themselves and much less well of what their professional colleagues do.

— John Kenneth Galbraith

Whether the flavour of economic advice you like is conservative or liberal, you will find that flavour available from some 'reputable' economist, since there…

— Barbara Bergmann

Sometimes economists are right, and sometimes economists are wrong.

— Abhijit Banerjee

The good news is that economists are intelligent, engaging and often charming folks. The bad news is their work is often of little use…

— Barry Ritholtz

Economists often get the market wrong.

— Kapil Sibal

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

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

— Robert Menzies

Economists don't usually make good speculators, because they think too much.

— Paul Krugman

As a general rule, the United States government is run by lawyers who occasionally take advice from economists. Others interested in helping the lawyers…

— Richard Thaler

It is often sadly remarked that the bad economists present their errors to the public better than the good economists present their truths. It…

— Henry Hazlitt

An economist's guess is liable to be as good as anybody else's.

— Will Rogers

Economists think about what people ought to do. Psychologists watch what they actually do.

— Daniel Kahneman