Agendas Quote by Thomas J. Sargent

Economists are economical, among other things, of ideas; most make those of their graduate days do for a lifetime.

— John Kenneth Galbraith

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

Economists are about as useful as astrologers in predicting the future (and, like astrologers, they never let failure on one occasion diminish certitude on…

— Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr

Much of my work in this period was concerned with exploring the logic of economic models, but also with attempting to reconcile the models…

— Joseph Stiglitz

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

— John Kenneth Galbraith

Much of my work in this period was concerned with exploring the logic of economic models, but also with attempting to reconcile the models…

— Joseph Stiglitz

Economists are behavioural psychologists, but they think more is better; they want to make everyone richer. They should pause. More's not necessarily better

— David Hemenway

'The Economist' is a biased organization.

— Ali Babacan

In the area of macroeconomic policies, I think we'll see more centralization, like in the budgetary sphere.

— Mario Monti

More than any other issue, economists have kind of been boosters for trade.

— David Autor

I believe in analysis and not forecasting.

— Nicolas Darvas

We need to keep in mind the well-established fact that the full effects of monetary policy are felt only after long lags. This means…

— Janet Yellen