“From 1931 to 1937, I was a Fellow and Lecturer in Economics at Hertford College, Oxford.” CollegeEconomicsFellowsOxfordLecturer Author:James Meade
“Then in college, besides economics, I also majored in studio art and got involved in photography and making short films and acting. But I didn't know you could make a living that way.” KnowsWayArtFilmActingCollegeInvolvedPhotographyEconomicsStudiosShort Films Author:Brit Marling
“Most people have an aversion to risk, my college economics professor told me. Which means they have to be rewarded to take on that risk. The higher the risk, the higher the possible payout has to be for people to jump.” PeopleMeanRiskCollegeHigherEconomicsProfessorsAversion Author:Michael Arrington
“Colleges don't teach economics properly. Unfortunately we learn little from the experience of the past. An economist must know, besides his subject, ethics, logic, philosophy, the humanities and sociology, in fact everything that is part of how we live and react to one another.” KnowsLittlesPhilosophyFactsPastHumanityTeachEconomySubjectsCollegeEthicsEconomicsLogicEconomistSociology Author:Bernard Baruch
“I was very interested in politics in college and was heading to be a lawyer. I have a degree in economics and I was interested in it. I hadn't really gotten super serious about it and I'd done a lot of student politics in high school. I really think it would be interesting and fun and challenging to go into politics.” ThinkingDoneWould BeSchoolFunChallengesInterestingStudentsCollegeSeriousDegreesHigh SchoolEconomicsLawyerHeadings Author:Jay Roach
“Looking back, I should have pursued philosophy and economics and things of that sort in college more, but I didn't.” ShouldPhilosophyCollegeEconomicsShould HaveLooking BackPursued Author:Dan Quayle
“I was always interested in the larger picture, I was pre-law in college, and had a degree in economics. I was very interested in the big question 'how then shall we live?,' how do we organize as a civilization when we are so different, and often don't get along, yet we know at some point we have to unite for the common good? I actually really care about those issues, and I'm driven to understand how it works.” KnowsDifferentBigsCareLawCommonIssuesCollegeCivilizationDegreesEconomicsDrivenOrganizeCommon GoodBig Questions Author:Jay Roach
“I'm very proud to say I only took one course in economics in college, and it was on Saturday morning - Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 8 o'clock. Now I don't know what your college experience was like, but I'll tell ya, on Saturday morning at 8 o'clock, the last thing I wanted to do was go to economics class.” KnowsWantedLastsCoursesClassMorningCollegeProudEconomicsClockSaturdayTuesdayThursdaySaturday MorningCollege Experience Author:Bernard von NotHaus
“Economics in college was very poor; I was not very impressed with it. I actually wanted to study statistics. I discovered mathematical statistics as an undergraduate and was fascinated with it.” WantedPoorStudyCollegeEconomicsMathematicalStatisticsFascinatedImpressedUndergraduate Author:Kenneth Arrow
“With respect to teaching, I couldn't make sense of mainstream economics when I had to teach it to college students. At the same time, I could see at the school that there was a whole lot of hypocrisy. Not much real respect for the "higher learning."” RealWholeSchoolTeachTeachingStudentsCollegeHigherEconomicsMake SenseHypocrisyMainstreamCollege StudentsHigher Learning Author:Michael Yates