Jane Smiley Quotes About Economists

Quotes about: Economists

• English majors understand human nature better than economists do.

  Jane Smiley

  Human Nature, Economist, Humans

  "Other Economists in the Room" by Jane Smiley, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 19, 2009.

• Is human nature basically good or evil? No economist can embark upon his profession without considering this question, and yet they all seem to. And they all seem to think human nature is basically good, or they wouldn't be surprised by the effects of deregulation.

  Jane Smiley

  Thinking, Evil, Deregulation

  "Other Economists in the Room" by Jane Smiley, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 19, 2009.

• One of the profound effects of economics in our day is that the people with the money and the power have embraced the guilt-free, external-less, everything-will-turn-out-okay-in-the-end philosophy of economics in order to justify their own evil works. And the economists, for the most part, have sucked up to that money.

  Jane Smiley

  Philosophy, Order, People

  "Other Economists in the Room" by Jane Smiley, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 19, 2009.

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