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During my three years as chief economist of the World Bank, labor market issues were looked at through the lens of neoclassical economics. A…

— Joseph Stiglitz

“Neoclassical economics is precisely the theory one would expect a vastly complex system of international corporations, world markets, and interconnected currencies to create to…

— Roger M. Keesing

“Economists Mason Gaffney and Fred Harrison claim in their work The Corruption of Economics that industrialists toward the end of the 19th century may…

— Martin Adams

“The fallacy that dynamic processes must be modeled as if the system is in continuous equilibrium is probably the most important reason for the…

— Steve Keen

Neoclassical economics ... has uncovered important truths about the nature of money and markets because its fundamental model of rational self-interested human behavior is…

— Francis Fukuyama

“Neoclassical economics has effectively insulated itself from the great advances made in science and engineering over the last 40 years. This self-imposed isolation must…

— Steve Keen

Neoclassical economics insists that advertising cannot force consumers to buy anything they don't already want to buy.

— Christopher Lasch

In 1492 Columbus knew less about the far Atlantic than we do about the heavens, yet he chose not to sail with a flotilla…

— Wernher von Braun

“Interplanetary dust,” I repeated, liking the feel of the words on my tongue.”

— Jenny Han

Those interested in celestial navigation are advised to first obtain a rudimentary knowledge of integral calculus, phlebotomy, astral physics and related subjects. The use…

— Henry Miller

As time goes by, I'm increasingly impressed by how very special and timely it was that we got the degree of national commitment needed…

— Buzz Aldrin

There is a project that's underway called the interplanetary Internet. It's in operation between Earth and Mars. It's operating on the International Space Station.…

— Vint Cerf