Studying Economics Quotes

• I think I couldn't do what I do [live without money] without studying economics, because you need to understand the system first - how it currently works - in order to change it.

  Mark Boyle

  Thinking, Order, Needs

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• The purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to economic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by economists.

  Joan Robinson

  Learning, Answers, Deceit

  "Marx, Marshall and Keynes" (1955)

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• Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.

  John Kenneth Galbraith

  Government, Home Economics, Employment

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The point of studying economics is so as not to be fooled by economists.

  Joan Robinson

  Study, Economics, Economist

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• In economics, the majority is always wrong.

  John Kenneth Galbraith

  Inspirational, Majority, Investing

  John Kenneth Galbraith (1969). “Ambassador's Journal”

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• Economics has never been a science - and it is even less now than a few years ago.

  Paul Samuelson

  Years, Economics, Economist

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• Studying economics is not a good preparation for dealing with it.

  George Soros

  Preparation, Study, Economics

  George Soros (2007). “Open Society Reforming Global Capitalism Reconsidered”, p.57, PublicAffairs

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• I was 15 years old at university, studying economics and philosophy, and I saw a retrospective of Australian film. They were very raw. 'Picnic at Hanging Rock,' 'Gallipoli;' they were fantastic.

  Deborah Kara Unger

  Philosophy, Rocks, Years

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