Quotes about Economists

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The curious mind embraces science; the gifted and sensitive, the arts; the practical, business; the leftover becomes an — Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
The curious mind embraces science; the gifted and sensitive, the arts; the practical, business; the leftover becomes an — Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
The economists have us well along the way of the greatest mass extinction event in human history. — Steven Magee
The economists have us well along the way of the greatest mass extinction event in human history. — Steven Magee
...If you look at mainstream economics there are three things you will not find in a mainstream economic model - Banks, — Steve Keen
...If you look at mainstream economics there are three things you will not find in a mainstream economic model - Banks, — Steve Keen
Funny how in a material world full of pundits and economists obsessed with assets and liabilities -personally, economica — Rasheed Ogunlaru
Funny how in a material world full of pundits and economists obsessed with assets and liabilities -personally, economica — Rasheed Ogunlaru
The world is better served by syncretic economists and policymakers who can hold multiple ideas in their heads than by ‘ — Dani Rodrik
The world is better served by syncretic economists and policymakers who can hold multiple ideas in their heads than by ‘ — Dani Rodrik
An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today. — Laurence J. Peter
An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today. — Laurence J. Peter
In my experience, economists rarely believe passionately in, or care passionately for, the free market. They are general — Terence Kealey
In my experience, economists rarely believe passionately in, or care passionately for, the free market. They are general — Terence Kealey
Experiment and reason, tempered by intuition, were to him preferable to solid plodding in the well-trodden paths of expe — Richard Davenport-Hines, Universal Man: The Lives of John Maynard Keynes
Experiment and reason, tempered by intuition, were to him preferable to solid plodding in the well-trodden paths of expe — Richard Davenport-Hines, Universal Man: The Lives of John Maynard Keynes
He never sat an examination in economics: his knowledge came from pondering problems and discussing them as much as from — Richard Davenport-Hines
He never sat an examination in economics: his knowledge came from pondering problems and discussing them as much as from — Richard Davenport-Hines
The science of public happiness was how Keynes saw his work as an economist. — Richard Davenport-Hines, Universal Man: The Lives of John Maynard Keynes
The science of public happiness was how Keynes saw his work as an economist. — Richard Davenport-Hines, Universal Man: The Lives of John Maynard Keynes
They (economists) must set aside their contempt for other disciplines and their absurd claim to greater scientific legit — Thomas Piketty, Capital in the Twenty-First Century
They (economists) must set aside their contempt for other disciplines and their absurd claim to greater scientific legit — Thomas Piketty, Capital in the Twenty-First Century
Invitation is not only a step in bringing people together, it is also a fundamental way of being in a community. It mani — Peter Block, Community: The Structure of Belonging
Invitation is not only a step in bringing people together, it is also a fundamental way of being in a community. It mani — Peter Block, Community: The Structure of Belonging
In the long run we are all dead. Economists set themselves too easy, too useless a task if in tempestuous seasons they c — John Maynard Keynes
In the long run we are all dead. Economists set themselves too easy, too useless a task if in tempestuous seasons they c — John Maynard Keynes
...some student asked if he [Larry Summers] didn’t have essentially the same relationship with Bob Rubin. Wasn’t Summer’ — Richard Bradley, Harvard Rules: Lawrence Summers and the Battle for the World's Most Powerful University
...some student asked if he [Larry Summers] didn’t have essentially the same relationship with Bob Rubin. Wasn’t Summer’ — Richard Bradley, Harvard Rules: Lawrence Summers and the Battle for the World's Most Powerful University
But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded; and the glory of Europe — Edmund Burke
But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded; and the glory of Europe — Edmund Burke
If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion. — George Bernard Shaw
If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion. — George Bernard Shaw
Economists often like startling theorems, results which seem to run counter to conventional wisdom. — Joseph Stiglitz
Economists often like startling theorems, results which seem to run counter to conventional wisdom. — Joseph Stiglitz