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

— James Buchan

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I don't want to get into the 'who's a hostage-taker' discussion here, but what is the estate tax? It's a double tax on death. Economists will tell you that it's really not a tax that soaks the rich, but it's a tax on capital that deprives business investment and therefore job creation. ↗

— Paul Ryan

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The public is even more pessimistic about the economy than even the most bearish economists are. ↗

— Nate Silver

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I believe that economists put decimal points in their forecasts to show they have a sense of humor. ↗

— William Gilmore Simms

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

— Margaret Thatcher

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But if, if you take a look at what would have happened, I mean, do we need to see soup lines down the street to figure out what would have happened? We avoided - and all economists will tell you that millions of jobs were saved because of the Recovery Act, and we avoided a second Great Depression. That, that is a reality. ↗

— Alexi Giannoulias

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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

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