Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists. Votes: 5
John Kenneth GalbraithMathematics brought rigor to Economics. Unfortunately, it also brought mortis. Votes: 4
Kenneth E. BouldingEconomics make homeopath and alternative healers look empirical and scientific. Votes: 4
Nassim Nicholas TalebEconomics dominates politics - and with that domination comes different forms of ruthlessness. Votes: 4
Chris HedgesEconomics has paid a terrible price for its dalliances with the Keynesian and neoclassical theories. Votes: 4
Edmund PhelpsReligion and art spring from the same root and are close kin. Economics and art are strangers. Votes: 4
Nathaniel Hawthornetransformation begins with the individualDr William Edwards DemingThe New Economics - 1993 Votes: 3
Priyavrat TharejaFrom 1931 to 1937, I was a Fellow and Lecturer in Economics at Hertford College, Oxford. Votes: 3
James MeadePolitics don't exist, actually. It's just a cheap business. Economics is what makes politics. Votes: 3
Eugene HutzEconomics becomes redundant if it can rationalise an exchange that sells the future of humankind. Votes: 3
Andrew SimmsPolitical Economy or Economics is a study of mankind in the ordinary business of life. Votes: 3
Alfred MarshallEconomics, n.: Economics is the study of the value and meaning of J. K. Galbraith ... Votes: 3
Mike HardingEconomics is like the Dutch language - I'm told it makes sense, but I have my doubts. Votes: 3
John OliverI went to the London School of Economics to study sociology and psychology on a serviceman's grant. Votes: 3
Ron MoodyEconomics teaches humility because it teaches us more about what we can't do than what we can do Votes: 3
Peter BoettkeEconomics has never been a science - and it is even less now than a few years ago. Votes: 3
Paul SamuelsonI believe the power of Economics is to help provide a unique lens for looking at the world. Votes: 3
Russ RobertsNo less than war or statecraft, the history of Economics has its heroic ages. Votes: 2
Aldous HuxleyI think we're miserable partly because we have only one god, and that's economics. Votes: 2
James HillmanEconomics is like gravity: Ignore it and you will be in for some rude surprises. Votes: 2
Charles WheelanUnderlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself. Votes: 2
Milton FriedmanThe study of economy usually shows us that the best time for purchase was last year Votes: 1
Woody AllenEducation is both a tool of social justice as well as a fundamental driver of economic development. Votes: 1
Kevin RuddThe trouble with a budget is that it's hard to fill up one hole without digging another Votes: 1
Dan BennettI hate liberality - nine times out of ten it is cowardice, and the tenth time lack of principle Votes: 1
Henry AddingtonSometime, while I wasn't paying attention, trickle-down economics got respectable. Votes: 0
Timothy NoahWhere there is politics or economics, there is no morality. Votes: 0
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich SchlegelGoodwin has done the seemingly impossible-he has made economics comprehensible and funny. Votes: 0
Joel BakanI would say that reproductive freedom comes first, then violence and economics. Votes: 0
Gloria SteinemFirst, I think the science of monetary economics has clearly gotten better. Votes: 0
Martin FeldsteinMarxian exploitation is the exploitation of people's lack of understanding of economics. Votes: 0
Robert NozickForesight is an imperfect thing - all prevision in economics is imperfect. Votes: 0
John Kenneth GalbraithThe most basic law of economics?that one cannot get something for nothing. Votes: 0
Sir Henry Roy Forbes HarrodThe lesson from behavioral economics is that people only save if it's automatic. Votes: 0
Richard ThalerHistory, sociology, economics, psychology et al. confirmed Joyce's view of Everyman as victim. Votes: 0
Robert Anton WilsonClimate change: Don't undermine the science just because you don't like the economics Votes: 0
Brian CoxThe adverse economic events following the First World War turned me toward economics. Votes: 0
Theodore SchultzUnderstanding economics can help you make better decisions and lead a happier life. Votes: 0
Tyler CowenA stable 21st century society requires 21st century solutions not 20th century economics Votes: 0
Phil HardingYou know and I know and economists know that trickle-down economics doesn't work. Votes: 0
Dannel MalloyWashington is a place where politics and economics often aren't on speaking terms. Votes: 0
Timothy NoahI don't care very much for the People Magazine approach to applied economics. Votes: 0
Paul SamuelsonWelcome to the wonderful world of economics. Everything precious in life has a cost. Votes: 0
Russ RobertsThe strategy behind the Kyoto Protocol has no grounding in economics or environmental policy. Votes: 0
William NordhausThere is no such thing as economics, only social science applied to economic problems. Votes: 0
Kenneth E. BouldingMost Americans don't know enough about basic economics to fill out one fortune cookie. Votes: 0
Neal BoortzDespite its scientific pretensions, economics still remains more of an art than a science Votes: 0
Robert KuttnerEvery short statement about economics is misleading (with the possible exception of my present one). Votes: 0
Alfred MarshallThe use of mathematics has brought rigor to economics. Unfortunately, it has also brought mortis. Votes: 0
Robert Heilbronereconomics limps along with one foot in untested hypotheses and the other in untestable slogans. Votes: 0
Joan RobinsonFor in the theoretical field bourgeois economics no longer engages in blithe and joyous fights. Votes: 0
Rudolf HilferdingHistory shows that where ethics and economics come in conflict, victory is always with economics. Votes: 0
B. R. AmbedkarMy mother is an office manager, my father a professor of economics and financial planner. Votes: 0
Poppy Z. BriteAny system of economics is bankrupt if it sees either value or virtue in unemployment. Votes: 0
Jimmy CarterI got into economics because I wanted to make things better for the average person. Votes: 0
Ben BernankeWhat good does the theory [of economics] do if it is not working for people? Votes: 0
Muhammad YunusHow could economics not be behavioral? If it isn't behavioral, what the hell is it? Votes: 0
Charlie MungerAs consumers and as voters we can say 'no' to rogue economics and demand regulation. Votes: 0
Loretta NapoleoniI didn't wake up one day and say, you know, 'Supply-side economics doesn't make sense. Votes: 0
David BrockDavid Boaz has been my guide to the history, economics, and politics of freedom for years. Votes: 0
John StosselA study of economics usually reveals that the best time to buy anything is last year. Votes: 0
Marty AllenAbove all, innovation is not invention. It is a term of economics rather than of technology. Votes: 0
Peter DruckerIn economics it is a far, far wiser thing to be right than to be consistent Votes: 0
John Kenneth GalbraithClimate change is not an environmental issue, but much more to do with security and economics Votes: 0
Jonathon PorrittI didn't wake up one day and say, you know, 'Supply-side economics doesn't make sense.' Votes: 0
David BrockWaiting for supply-side economics to work is like leaving the landing lights on for Amelia Earhart. Votes: 0
Walter HellerI've been a faithful reader of the great classical documents of economics, or tried to be. Votes: 0
John Kenneth GalbraithI really am enjoying my economics class, but I think my favorite course has to be history. Votes: 0
Molly QuinnStart with the idea that you can't repeal the laws of economics. Even if they are inconvenient. Votes: 0
Lawrence SummersThe better the script, the less money there is. That's just the economics of the studio system. Votes: 0
Peter HedgesThe Nobel Prize confers on an individual an authority which in economics no man ought to possess. Votes: 0
Friedrich August von HayekThe study of economics does not seem to require any specialised gifts of an unusually high order. Votes: 0
John Maynard KeynesIt's the economics, that's why opera is not dying but gets more and more difficult to put on. Votes: 0
Christoph WaltzIt's very hard right now to be a pro sports fan. The economics of this stuff is abysmal. Votes: 0
Chad HarbachThe Sherman Act is similar in the economics sphere to the Bill of Rights in the personal sphere. Votes: 0
Harold H. GreeneAn emerging market is a country where politics matters at least as much as economics to the market. Votes: 0
Ian BremmerI took English courses in college, but I don't have an English degree. I have a degree in economics. Votes: 0
Patrick CarmanIt is clear that economics, if it is to be a science at all, must be a mathematical science. Votes: 0
William Stanley JevonsThe problem is a lot of what is called economics is not economics. It is more ideology or religion. Votes: 0
Joseph StiglitzMost of the people in the world are poor, so if we knew the economics of being poor, we would know much of the economics that really matters. Most of the world's poor people earn their living from agriculture, so if we knew the economics of agriculture, we would know much of the economics of being poor. Votes: 1 Theodore Schultz
January is always a good month for behavioral economics: Few things illustrate self-control as vividly as New Years resolutions. February is even better, though, because it lets us study why so many of those resolutions are broken. Votes: 4 Sendhil Mullainathan
Personally, I don't see old economics and behavioural economics as opposed. It is useful to assume people are rational as a good approximation to their long term behaviour, but it would be unwise not to think how in practice their behaviour may deviate from that simplifying assumption. Votes: 3 Evan Davis
I started in college as a business major and finally transferred to home economics and studied making clothes. Votes: 1 Phillip Lim
Perfect competition' is considered both the ideal and the default state in Economics 101. So-called perfectly competitive markets achieve equilibrium when producer supply meets consumer demand. Votes: 1 Peter Thiel
Arbitrage proof has since been widely used throughout finance and economics. Votes: 1 Merton Miller
Big-government economics breeds crony capitalism. It's corrupt, anything but neutral, and a barrier to broad participation in prosperity. Votes: 1 Paul Ryan
Besides numerous science courses, I had the opportunity to study philosophy, the history of architecture, economics, and Russian history in courses taught by extraordinarily knowledgeable professors. Votes: 1 Stanley B. Prusiner
Economics is everywhere, and understanding economics can help you make better decisions and lead a happier life. Votes: 1 Tyler Cowen
While everyone else is thinking about economics and politics, executive salaries and the future of the euro, do the opposite, even if it's hard. Invest in the spirit. Votes: 4 Jonathan Sacks
The animals that depend on instinct have an inherent knowledge of the laws of economics and of how to apply them; Man, with his powers of reason, has reduced economics to the level of a farce which is at once funnier and more tragic than Tobacco Road. Votes: 1 James Thurber
That is why I believe that art is so much more significant than either economics or philosophy. It is the direct measure of man's spiritual vision. Votes: 1 Herbert Read
To overturn orthodoxy is no easier in science than in philosophy, religion, economics, or any of the other disciplines through which we try to comprehend the world and the society in which we live. Votes: 1 Ruth Hubbard
Economics is a subject that does not greatly respect one's wishes. Votes: 1 Nikita Khrushchev
Romney economics would spell disaster for America's middle class. In this economy there are shipbuilders and ship wreckers. Votes: 1 Martin O'Malley
My background educationally is physics and economics, and I grew up in sort of an engineering environment - my father is an electromechanical engineer. And so there were lots of engineery things around me. Votes: 1 Elon Musk
Arbitrage proof has since been widely used throughout finance and economics. Votes: 0 Merton Miller
Well, I think first of all, probably the most fundamental thing is that we are a mixed-signal analog semiconductor company, which, along with some of the other well-known names in the industry, enjoys very good economics. Votes: 4 David Milne
President Reagan, Jack Kemp and other advocates of supply-side economics understood that pro-growth tax, spending and economic policies were essential to America's long-term economic and fiscal health. Votes: 1 Bob Beauprez
One reason that we eat processed foods is the decline of home economics. Restarting home economics classes is one of the key things we could do to get this issue moving. Votes: 5 Michael Moss
You should not forget that without all the work in law and economics, a great part of which has been supported by the John M. Olin Foundation, it is doubtful whether the importance of my work would have been recognized. Votes: 1 Ronald Coase
I entered economics because of a course I took on 'information economics,' which I found fascinating. Votes: 3 Eric Maskin
My job was to teach the whole corpus of economic theory, but there were two subjects in which I was especially interested, namely, the economics of mass unemployment and international economics. Votes: 3 James Meade
One of the jewels in the crown of Labour's time in office was the rescue of the National Health Service. As the Commonwealth Fund, the London School of Economics and the Nuffield Foundation have all shown, health reforms as well as additional investment were essential to improved outcomes, especially for poorer patients. Votes: 1 David Miliband
The animals that depend on instinct have an inherent knowledge of the laws of economics and of how to apply them; Man, with his powers of reason, has reduced economics to the level of a farce which is at once funnier and more tragic than Tobacco Road. Votes: 2 James Thurber
Learn computer science. It's extraordinarily helpful. I like recommending learning economics as well so they think in terms of business, they have rational frameworks for looking at the world, but yeah, computer science is an amazing way to get into, even if you want to be CEO, having a tech background is helpful. Votes: 3 Fabrice Grinda
Pirates are the very essence of profit maximising entrepreneurs described in neoclassical economics. Yet, whilst films such as 'The Pirates of the Caribbean' and 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' have gone a long way to popularise both pirates and outlaw behaviour, the truth of the matter is that piracy is illegal, and it kills. Votes: 3 Peter Middlebrook
I got politics and economics moving and then others took over. Votes: 6 Lech Walesa
I began my career as an economics professor but became frustrated because the economic theories I taught in the classroom didn't have any meaning in the lives of poor people I saw all around me. I decided to turn away from the textbooks and discover the real-life economics of a poor person's existence. Votes: 3 Muhammad Yunus
Religion and art spring from the same root and are close kin. Economics and art are strangers. Votes: 3 Nathaniel Hawthorne
A study of economics usually reveals that the best time to buy anything is last year. Votes: 3 Marty Allen
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. Votes: 3 Deborah Kara Unger
The only truly new ideas [the right] has come up with in the last twenty years are (1) supply side economics, which is a way of redistributing the wealth upward toward those who already have more than they know what to do with, and (2) creationism, which is a parallel idea for redistributing ignorance out from its fundamentalist strongholds to those who know more than they need to. Votes: 6 Barbara Ehrenreich
We've had trickle down economics in the country for ten years now, and most of us aren't even damp yet. Votes: 6 Molly Ivins
War used to be something you could stand on the nearby hill and watch. Now we have total war; everybody's in it. We have total economics as well. Everything affects everybody. The Malaysian currency shakes, and people around the world are seriously affected. Votes: 1 Salman Rushdie