Congress Quote by Thomas Sowell

Economists are like computers. They need to have facts punched into them.

— Kenneth E. Boulding

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

“Most economists would concede that, in theory, government has the tools to smooth the business cycle. The problem is that fiscal policy is not…

— Charles Wheelan

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

Economists create their own worlds. We're like little gods with our artificial economics, wanting to see what happens.

— Edward C. Prescott

When better business decisions are made, economists won't make them.

— Anonymous

It is the business of economists, not to tell us what to do, but show why what we are doing anyway is in accord…

— Joan Robinson

I don't think most of Congress understands how economics works.

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

The years of the Great Depression were a superb time for economists because people not knowing what could be done or what should be…

— John Kenneth Galbraith

In the United States especially, politics and economics don’t mix well. Politicians have all sorts of reasons to pass all sorts of laws that,…

— Anonymous

It is a misfortune of the times that all of us must needs be amateur economists-including, and perhaps especially, the professionals.

— Benjamin Graham

Policy makers have plainly failed both here in the United States and in Europe as well. People who have suffered because of that. And…

— Katty Kay