Quotes of: Economists Keyword

I am a former economist. I never went to photography school to learn photography.

Sebastiao Salgado

People today don't become economists to make the world a better place.

Tim Harford

Anyone who believes that exponential growth can go on forever in a finite world is either a madman or an economist.

Kenneth E. Boulding

Our biggest challenge is to eliminate the popular perception that economists don't have anything useful to say.

Mark Zandi

There is an old saying, or should be, that it is a wise economist who recognizes the scope of his own generalizations.

John Kenneth Galbraith

If economists could manage to get themselves thought of as humble, competent people on a level with dentists, that would be splendid.

John Maynard Keynes

I guess economists, it's a bit like scientists; you have definitely fewer women in that field.

Christine Lagarde

Years ago, I noticed one thing about economics, and that is that economists didn't get anything right.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

The track record of economists in predicting events is monstrously bad. It is beyond simplification; it is like medieval medicine.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Part of my job at 'The Economist' was writing about HIV, and that included the grim task of reporting on the state of the global epidemic.

Shereen El Feki

The idea of a non-growing economy may be an anathema to an economist. But the idea of a continually growing economy is an anathema to an ecologist.

Tim Jackson

I think you've got to watch out for anybody in high school who says he wants to become an economist.

Thomas J. Sargent

I'm no economist. I don't even play one on TV. I'm just a husband, a father, a taxpayer.

Mark McKinnon

Some economists estimate that for every family that goes bankrupt, there are about 15 more who are in the same amount of financial trouble and would profit from bankruptcy but just haven't filed.

Elizabeth Warren

With respect to the first of these obstacles, it has often been made a matter of grave complaint against Political Economists, that they confine their attention to Wealth, and disregard all consideration of Happiness or Virtue.

Nassau William Senior

The good news is that economists are intelligent, engaging and often charming folks. The bad news is their work is often of little use to investors.

Barry Ritholtz

Keynes was a very good economist. He was brilliant. He had wonderful insights. His work has inspired me many times.

Thomas J. Sargent

If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion.

George Bernard Shaw

I am looking forward to learning at the knee of Paul Ryan. He doesn't strike me as a politician. He strikes me as an economist.

Todd Rokita

Economists actually disagree about whether there are significant economic returns from attending an elite college versus a less-selective one.

Emily Oster

Many scientists and economists also say putting a price on carbon through carbon taxes and/or cap-and-trade is necessary.

David Suzuki