Top Economist Quotes

  • 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

    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

  • Practical men who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist. – John Maynard Keynes

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    The curious mind embraces science; the gifted and sensitive, the arts; the practical, business; the leftover becomes an economist– Nassim Nicholas Taleb