#economist

The prevailing ideology of the modern west - which is political economy - is in the doghouse. Having failed to notice atmospheric pollution, the economists then frightened themselves with the sort of financial crisis they said they had abolished. ↗

— James Buchan

#crisis #economists #economy #failed #financial

Unlimited economic growth has the marvelous quality of stilling discontent while maintaining privilege, a fact that has not gone unnoticed among liberal economists. ↗

— Noam Chomsky

#discontent #economic #economic growth #economists #fact

I don't imagine Heads of Government would ever be able to say I'm not an economist therefore I can't take decisions on matters of the economy; I'm not a soldier I can't take decisions on matters of defence; I'm not an educationist so I can't take decisions about education. ↗

— Thabo Mbeki

#about #decisions #defence #economist #economy

An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today. ↗

— Laurence J. Peter

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An economist's guess is liable to be as good as anybody else's. ↗

— Will Rogers

#anybody #economist #else #good #guess

Economists, like royal children, are not punished for their errors. ↗

— James Buchan

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I may be only a fish and chip shop lady, but some of these economists need to get their heads out of the textbooks and get a job in the real world. I would not even let one of them handle my grocery shopping. ↗

— Pauline Hanson

#economists #even #fish #get #grocery

You and I come by road or rail, but economists travel on infrastructure. ↗

— Margaret Thatcher

#economists #i #infrastructure #rail #road

My folks are economists and have taught economics and social science so I grew up with those kind of conversations around the dinner table. ↗

— Seth Gordon

#conversations #dinner #dinner table #economics #economists

Everything is possible, from angels to demons to economists and politicians. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#demons #economists #everything #politicians #possible