“How is it that, in the face of overwhelming scientific evidence, there are still some who would deny the dangers of climate change? Not surprisingly, the loudest voices are not scientific, and it is remarkable how many economists, lawyers, journalists and politicians set themselves up as experts on the science.” StillsFacesVoiceDangerPoliticianEvidenceClimateClimate ChangeDenyLawyerJournalistExpertsRemarkableOverwhelmingEconomistScientific Evidence Author:Nicholas Stern
“Politicians of all stripes are always in danger at looking at every problem from an abstract point of view or being briefed by officials, academics, or economists who know every science but the science of human nature.” KnowsHumansProblemViewsHuman NatureDangerPoliticianPoint Of ViewAbstractOfficialsEconomistStripes Book:My Years as Prime Minister Source: My Years as Prime Minister
“Priests, kings, statesmen, soldiers, bankers and public functionaries of all sorts; policemen, jailers and hangmen; capitalists, usurers, businessmen and property-owners; lawyers, economists and politicians - all of them, down to the meanest grocer, repeat in chorus the words of Voltaire, that if there were no God it would be necessary to invent Him.” IfsWould BeAtheismKingsPoliticianPropertySoldierPositive AtheismLawyerRepeatsOwnersPriestsCapitalistBusinessmanEconomistBankersPolicemenStatesmenChorusHangmanJailerGrocers Author:Mikhail Bakunin
“Ever since economists revealed how much universities contribute to economic growth, politicians have paid close attention to higher education.” GrowthAttentionEconomicHigherPoliticianPaidUniversityEconomistEconomic GrowthHigher Education Author:Derek Bok
“I'm not a politician, I'm not an economist. I'm just a simple Brian surgeon and a scientist who's trying to do my best every day.” TryingSimplePoliticianScientistEconomistSurgeonsBrian Author:Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa
“Politicians, bureaucrats, editors, new commentators, 'economists' teachers,' and other word artists who denounce private enterprise and praise socialism are their own worst enemies...these attackers are unwittingly destroying the sources of their own livelihood. They kill the geese that lay the golden eggs - and don't know it!” KnowsArtistEnemyTeacherWorstSourcePoliticianPraiseLaysSocialismGoldenEnterpriseEggsEditorsDestroyingEconomistCommentatorsGeeseBureaucratsLivelihoodWorst EnemyPrivate EnterpriseGolden Eggs Author:Leonard Read
“I think one could argue that there's more political input into the regulatory side, and on the regulatory side there seem to be fewer people with financial and banking experience - there are more lawyers, academics, economists, maybe politicians now.” PeopleThinkingSeemsPoliticalSidesPoliticianFinancialLawyerArguingFewerEconomistBankingInput Author:Jamie Dimon
“I am an educationist. I'm an economist. I am a politician. I am also now a good storyteller, you know?” KnowsPoliticianStorytellerEconomist Author:Robert Mugabe
“Economists often define their discipline as "the allocation of scarce resources among competing ends." But when resources or money really become scarce, economists call it a crisis and say that it's a question for politicians, not their own department.” DisciplinePoliticianCrisisCompetingEconomist Author:Michael Hudson