quotes about Economist
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If you think you understand what I am saying you do not understand what I am saying.
-- Alan Greenspan -
Beware of economists who hide assumptions.
-- Anat R. Admati -
Economists are about as useful as astrologers in predicting the future (and, like astrologers, they never let failure on one occasion diminish certitude on the next).
-- Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.Source : "A Clinton Report Card, So Far" by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., www.nytimes.com. April 11, 1993.
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Economists don't seem to have noticed that the economy sits entirely within the ecology.
-- Carl SafinaSource : Carl Safina (2011). “The View from Lazy Point: A Natural Year in an Unnatural World”, p.126, Macmillan
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An economist says that essentially more for you is less for me, but the lover knows that more for you is more for me, too.
-- Charles Eisenstein -
I guess economists, it’s a bit like scientists, you have definitely fewer women in that field,
-- Christine Lagarde -
Psychologists call this habituation, economists call it declining marginal utility, and the rest of us call it marriage.
-- Daniel Gilbert -
You do not have to be an economist to know that putting up the cost of employing someone is a pretty barking thing to do when you're trying to get out of a recession.
-- David Cameron -
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If economists did not concern themselves with economic efficiency, nobody would.
-- Dennis Holme Robertson -
When I meet people on airplanes and they find out I'm an economist, they usually ask about stock tips.
-- Emily Oster -
There is only one difference between a bad economist and a good one: the bad economist confines himself to the visible effect; the good economist takes into account both the effect that can be seen and those effects that must be foreseen.
-- Frederic Bastiat -
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All great economists are tall. There are two exceptions: John Kenneth Galbraith and Milton Friedman.
-- George Stigler -
There is nothing an economist should fear so much as applause.
-- Herbert Marshall -
The proposition that economist Ludwig von Mises was a feminist is an apodictic impossibility.
-- Ilana MercerSource : "Libertarian Feminists Make a Move on Von Mises". www.wnd.com. March 27, 2014.
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It is the business of economists, not to tell us what to do, but show why what we are doing anyway is in accord with proper principles.
-- Joan RobinsonSource : Joan Robinson (1962). “Economic philosophy”, p.21, Transaction Publishers
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Our biggest challenge is to eliminate the popular perception that economists don't have anything useful to say.
-- Mark Zandi -
I like to read the 'Financial Times' when I'm traveling. 'Economist.' 'Ad Busters.'
-- Mos Def -
The public is even more pessimistic about the economy than even the most bearish economists are.
-- Nate Silver -
I read 'Time', 'Newsweek' and 'The Economist'.
-- Nelson DeMille -
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Economists don't usually make good speculators, because they think too much.
-- Paul Krugman -
As an economist, I'm aware that life is full of trade offs.
-- Peter Blair Henry -
What do you call an economist with a prediction? Wrong.
-- Robert KuttnerSource : "What Do You Call An Economist With A Prediction? Wrong" by Robert Kuttner, www.bloomberg.com. September 5, 1999.
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I'm not an economist and we all know economists were created to make weather forecasters look good.
-- Rupert Murdoch -
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I am a former economist. I never went to photography school to learn photography.
-- Sebastiao Salgado -
Economics is too important to leave to the economists.
-- Steve KeenSource : Steve Keen (2001). “Debunking Economics: The Naked Emperor of the Social Sciences”, p.9, Zed Books
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My ma is an economist. My dad is a software engineer.
-- Suraj SharmaSource : "Next Factor Q&a: 'Life Of Pi' Star Suraj Sharma". Interview with Kevin Polowy, www.mtv.com. November 21, 2012.
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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Is Not An Economist, She Is A Demographer
-- Tam David-West -
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There is much more to life than what gets measured in accounts. Even economists know that.
-- Tim Harford -
I believe that economists put decimal points in their forecasts to show they have a sense of humor.
-- William Gilmore Simms -
Economists can never be free of from difficulties unless they will distinguish between a theory and the application of a theory.
-- William Stanley JevonsSource : William Stanley Jevons (1871). “The Theory of Political Economy”, p.106
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I'm not an economist, and I'm not a proponent of shock therapy.
-- Diane Kochilas -
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If your employer pays your health insurance, that's not counted as income to you. And any economist would say that's your income, because they'd pay a higher wage if they didn't take it. That's a huge loss to the Treasury.
-- T.R. Reid -
Most economists, including me, agree that longevity insurance would make sense for a lot of people.
-- Richard Thaler -
I am an educationist. I'm an economist. I am a politician. I am also now a good storyteller, you know?
-- Robert MugabeSource : Source: www.npr.org
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It's easier to make a reporter into an economist than an economist into a reporter.
-- Frederick Winslow Taylor -
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It's usually much easier for people with professional skills to find work for themselves or even possibly to continue with their old employer, but on a part-time basis. Some labor economists predict that in about five years there will be a labor shortage in the United States and that demand for retirees to work part-time will grow naturally. I don't know if that's true or just wishful predicting.
-- Hedrick SmithSource : Source: www.washingtonpost.com
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I am not and should not be considered an economist.
-- Sylvia Porter -
Economists did something even better than predict the crisis. We correctly predicted that we would not be able to predict it.
-- William Easterly -
Policy makers have plainly failed both here in the United States and in Europe as well. People who have suffered because of that. And when they say, "Throw out economists, we don't trust economists anymore," you can totally understand why.
-- Katty KaySource : Source: www.nbcnews.com
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