City Quote by Tim Harford

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

Economists have allowed themselves to walk into a trap where we say we can forecast, but no serious economist thinks we can.

— Tim Harford

One thing I've noticed about history - you can search on newspapers going back hundreds of years, search for 'economic forecast,' you don't find…

— Robert J. Shiller

An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen.

— Earl Wilson

An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today.

— Laurence J. Peter

I'm an economist, I do a lot of forecasting, and I'm probably one of the most successful forecasters in terms of very specific kinds…

— Lyndon LaRouche

It is absurd to think that the general public can ever make money out of market forecasts.

— Benjamin Graham

What do you call an economist with a prediction? Wrong.

— Robert Kuttner

I don't read economic forecasts. I don't read the funny papers.

— Warren Buffett

The Economist is undoubtedly the smartest weekly newsmagazine in the English language. I always look forward to its quirky year-end double issue.

— Eric Alterman

One of the soundest rules to remember when making forecasts in the field of economics is that whatever is to happen is happening already.

— Sylvia Porter

The Economist is undoubtedly the smartest weekly news magazine in the English language. I always look forward to its quirky year-end double issue.

— Eric Alterman