Economics Quotes
Quotes about Economics
25 quotes
- “Experiment and reason, tempered by intuition, were to him preferable to solid plodding in the well-trodden paths of expe...” — Richard Davenport-hines
- “In economics, things take longer to happen than you think they will, and then they happen faster than you thought they c...” — Rudiger Dornbusch
- “There is nothing as dangerous as an economist who only knows economics except the moral philosopher who knows no economi...” — Peter J. Boettke
- “Sooner or later the Internet will become profitable. It's an old story played before by canals, railroads and automobile...” — Paul A. Samuelson
- “Because of the collapsing economy of America, it is nearly a mathematical certainty that this ship will soon flounder.” — Nicholas Notarberardino
- “...an' there never yet was speculation but in the long run, it meant smash. Ye run so hard that ye fall ower yoursel” — Neil M. Gunn
- “But this is your home''Not any longer, my poppet. Women make nests but men make bequests and scatter them. Heigh-ho!” — Joan Aiken
- “There are only two problems in my life. The political ones are insoluble and the economic ones are incomprehensible.” — Alec Douglas-home
- “[Economics] is all about observing the world with genuine curiosity and admitting that it is full of mysteries” — Steven E. Landsburg
- “A good accountant is someone who told you yesterday what the economists forcast for tomorrow” — Miles Thomas
- “The economy depends about as much on economists as the weather does on weather forecasters.” — Jean-paul Kauffmann
- “...the facts of economic life cannot be comprehensively described in terms of statistics.” — Oskar Morgenstern
- “An expert whose argument reeks of restraint or nuance often doesn't get much attention.” — Steven D. Levitt
- “You can't fool Mother Nature, and you can't fool market forces (at least not for long)” — Richard Mckenzie
- “1 billion people in the world are chronically hungry. 1 billion people are overweight.” — Mark Bittman
- “I can't think of a president who has been overburdened by a knowledge of economics.” — Paul Samuelson
- “Anger and fear are disabling trait behaviours, instilled in the opponent with care.” — Moonn Tzu
- “What nature hath joined together, multiple regression analysis cannot put asunder.” — Richard E. Nisbett
- “Every time you spend money, you're casting a vote for the kind of world you want.” — Anna Lappé
- “At present", Keynes said in 1926, "everything is politics, and nothing policies.” — Richard Davenport-hines
- “Mathematics brought rigor to economics. Unfortunately it also brought mortis.” — Kenneth E. Boulding
- “The science of public happiness was how Keynes saw his work as an economist.” — Richard Davenport-hines
- “Even Adam Smith's "invisible hand" occasionally needs a slap on the wrist.” — Bill Mech
- “Money is a public good; as such, it lends itself to private exploitation.” — Charles P. Kindleberger
- “Life is like a curve, horizontally or vertically, we are at origin point” — Estiana Cahyawati