Top Economist Quotes
Practical men who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist.– John Maynard Keynes
The science of public happiness was how Keynes saw his work as an economist.– Richard DavenportHines
Give me a one-handed Economist. All my economists say ‘on hand…’, then ‘but on the other…– Harry Truman
An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn’t happen today.– Laurence J Peter
There is nothing as dangerous as an economist who only knows economics except the moral philosopher who knows no economics.– Peter J Boettke
Anyone who believes that exponential growth can go on forever in a finite world is either a madman or an economist.– Kenneth E Boulding
In any sane society, a farmer is a billion times more important than an economist.– Mokokoma Mokhonoana
The curious mind embraces science; the gifted and sensitive, the arts; the practical, business; the leftover becomes an economist– Nassim Nicholas Taleb