Economists Quotes

Most popular economists quotes

An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen. - Earl Wilson quote.
An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen.
The economy depends about as much on economists as the weather does on weather forecasters.
An economist's guess is liable to be just as good as anybody else's. - Will Rogers quote.
An economist's guess is liable to be just as good as anybody else's.

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Isn't it strange? The same people who laugh at Gypsy fortunetellers take economists seriously.
— The Cincinnati Enquirer
An economist's guess is liable to be as good as anybody else's. - Will Rogers quote.
An economist's guess is liable to be as good as anybody else's.
Ask five economists and you'll get five different answers—six if one went to Harvard.

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If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion. - George Bernard Shaw quote.
If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion.
I don't think I've changed anyone's mind in 40 years. You basically don't change minds. Given that, I've turned to the strategy of corrupting the youth.

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Electricians, barbers, gardeners, surgeons, tango dancers, are experts. Not economists. - Nassim Nicholas Taleb quote.
Electricians, barbers, gardeners, surgeons, tango dancers, are experts. Not economists.

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