Discussion Quote by Robert Solow

It is no crime to be ignorant of economics, which is, after all, a specialized discipline and one that most people consider to be…

— Anonymous

The phenomenon of economic ignorance is so widespread, and its consequences so frightening, that the objective of reducing that ignorance becomes a goal invested…

— Israel Kirzner

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

There is such a polarized discussion of economics among people like analysts, columnists, bloggers; often, they end up just saying that views other than…

— Adam Davidson

I think that it's difficult to talk about large questions of economics or social policy without understanding the building blocks of society. And those…

— Robert Reich

Whatever may be the distribution of uncertainty among economists, the public only gets to hear from those who have certain opinions.

— Herbert Stein

We must first note that economic factors are taken into account in a world in which ignorance, prejudice, and mental confusion, encouraged rather than…

— Ronald Coase

There are many who talk on from ignorance rather than from knowledge, and who find the former an inexhaustible fund of conversation.

— William Hazlitt

Our discussions of the economy may sometimes ring in the ears of the public with more certainty than is appropriate.

— Jerome Powell

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

Economics is a subject profoundly conducive to cliche, resonant with boredom. On few topics is an American audience so practiced in turning off its…

— John Kenneth Galbraith

“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