Studying Economics Quotes:

I think I couldn't do what I do [live without money] without studying economics, because you need to understand the system first - how it currently works - in order to change it.

- Mark Boyle

topic: Thinking, Order, Needs, Studying Economics

The purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to economic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by economists.

- Joan Robinson

source: "Marx, Marshall and Keynes" (1955)

topic: Purpose, Answers, Study, Studying Economics, Being Deceived

Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.

- John Kenneth Galbraith

topic: Government, Employment, Economics, Studying Economics, Supply Side Economics

The point of studying economics is so as not to be fooled by economists.

- Joan Robinson

topic: Study, Economics, Economist, Studying Economics

In economics, the majority is always wrong.

- John Kenneth Galbraith

topic: Inspirational, Majority, Economics, Independent Thinking, Studying Economics

Economics has never been a science - and it is even less now than a few years ago.

- Paul Samuelson

topic: Years, Economics, Studying Economics

Studying economics is not a good preparation for dealing with it.

- George Soros

source: George Soros (2007). “Open Society Reforming Global Capitalism Reconsidered”, p.57, PublicAffairs

topic: Preparation, Study, Economics, Dealing With It, Studying Economics

I was 15 years old at university, studying economics and philosophy, and I saw a retrospective of Australian film. They were very raw. 'Picnic at Hanging Rock,' 'Gallipoli;' they were fantastic.

- Deborah Kara Unger

topic: Philosophy, Rocks, Years, Studying Economics, Retrospective