Aiming Quote by Tim Harford Download Open image “I am aiming my books at anybody with no economics background.” — Tim Harford ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Aiming Am Anybody Background Backgrounds Book Books Economics I am
The issue of economics is not something I've understood as well as I should. I've got Greenspan's book. — John McCain Copy Share Image
I've been a faithful reader of the great classical documents of economics, or tried to be. The first book in the field that I… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
I'm not currently into economic textbooks, but my grandchildren tell me that the book by Gregory Mankiw, former head of the white house council… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
My interest in economics just basically comes because I think I'm a curious person, and I'm interested in how the world works. — Kane Copy Share Image
Basic Economics 101. It's the most complicated simple subject there is. — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
My job was to teach the whole corpus of economic theory, but there were two subjects in which I was especially interested, namely, the… — James Meade Copy Share Image
I have tried to put myself in the position of someone seeing economics for the first time. My goal is to emphasize the material… — Greg Mankiw Copy Share Image
Economics is a strange science. Our subject deals with some of the most important as well as mundane issues that impinge on the human… — Dale T. Mortensen Copy Share Image
Economics is a good degree to have but the subject is very theoretical at Cambridge and I found it frustrating that you can't apply… — Konnie Huq Copy Share Image
Economics is a very difficult subject. I've compared it to trying to learn how to repair a car when the engine is running. — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
I had never taken any economics. I literally didn't know what it was. I thought it was just about the study of money. — David Autor Copy Share Image
“The evolutionary algorithm--of variation and selection, repeated--searches for solutions in a world where the problems keep changing, trying all sorts of variants and doing… — Tim Harford Copy Share Image
There's lots and lots of guys out there. The question is trying to find the right one. — Tim Harford Copy Share Image
If the whole process of learning from failure means discarding stuff that's not working, but in fact, our natural reaction is to keep going,… — Tim Harford Copy Share Image
In many ways, love seems to be totally divorced from economics. But then you realize - well, the stakes are high. This is something… — Tim Harford Copy Share Image
I don't think Brian Cox does 'The Wonders of the Solar System' because he believes the world would be a better place if people… — Tim Harford Copy Share Image
Our society is intertwined with the economy that we've built, which is a fantastically complex system. I hope that my writing about it might… — Tim Harford Copy Share Image
You show me a successful complex system, and I will show you a system that has evolved through trial and error. — Tim Harford Copy Share Image
I think the association of economics with forecasting is unfortunate and is down to the fact that one great way to get an investment… — Tim Harford Copy Share Image
The more grotesque your boss's pay and the less he has do to earn it, the bigger the motivation for you to work with… — Tim Harford Copy Share Image
Bill Phillips was this nervous, chain-smoking student. He had signed up to be an engineer, he had gone away to fight in the Second… — Tim Harford Copy Share Image
“We should aim to make ours a world where people feel free to do things they enjoy, even if others are mildly inconvenienced, but… — Tim Harford Copy Share Image
Loss aversion is a really disproportionate anxiety about stuff that doesn't matter very much. So for instance, if you lose $5, you feel really… — Tim Harford Copy Share Image
I'm never aiming to make a movie like someone else's movie, but in order to describe a movie to someone else who hasn't seen… — Rob Zombie Copy Share Image
“A place in the sun, that's what I am aiming for... and who could ever ask for more?' -Columbine to Pierrot” — Ana Claudia Antunes Copy Share Image
A president aiming for 'Great' or 'Near Great' status must do more. He must give lots of interviews, make records accessible, and heap the… — Thomas Frank Copy Share Image
There is a shortage of doctors, and the American Medical Association is aiming to keep it that way. — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share Image
I don't like narrowing my readers down - there's not a particular age or gender or nationality. I suppose I'm aiming at the child… — Anthony Browne Copy Share Image
Mainly as sort of blueprints for dealing with most of the adults in their lives, to some extent with their fellows. It is this… — Diana Wynne Jones Copy Share Image
My feeling, based on my own experience, is that aiming for grandiosity is the fastest route to failure. — James Altucher Copy Share Image
Science is very cross-generational; you're not just aiming it at twentysomethings, or eightysomethings. Every town's got a really broad selection of people and age… — Robin Ince Copy Share Image
It's absurd: half the movie audience are women, but Hollywood bosses are still aiming for men who are 20. — Todd Haynes Copy Share Image
In any sauce you make, start with a concentration of flavors with great acidity. You then re-dilute the sauce, but the proportion of liquid… — Daniel Boulud Copy Share Image
