Economists create their own worlds. We're like little gods with our artificial economics, wanting to see what happens.
Economists must always be prepared for surprises they find many in trying to find order in the universe of their study.
I think we labor economists like to think of ourselves as being closer to the people.
Economists discount any factors that would not influence the thinking of a rational person.
The track record of economists in predicting events is monstrously bad. It is beyond simplification; it is like medieval medicine.
Economists think about what people ought to do. Psychologists watch what they actually do.
Economists have allowed themselves to walk into a trap where we say we can forecast, but no serious economist thinks we can.
Many scientists and economists also say putting a price on carbon through carbon taxes and/or cap-and-trade is necessary.
Leading economists have shown that by shrinking Texas, we can actually create more income for Texas in the long run.
I think behavioral economists don't have any more of an explanation about the rise of Trump than anyone else.
If economists were to wait for careful studies before offering opinions about policy, we would never have anything timely to say.
I'm not an economist and we all know economists were created to make weather forecasters look good.