Economics Quotes

Many individuals are doing what they can. But real success can only come if there is a change in our societies and in our economics and in our politics.

~ David Attenborough

Where there is politics or economics, there is no morality.

~ Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

We've switched from a culture that was interested in manufacturing, economics, politics - trying to play a serious part in the world - to a culture that's really entertainment-based.

~ Stephen King

All the political angst and moral melodrama about getting 'the rich' to pay 'their fair share' is part of a big charade. This is not about economics, it is about politics.

~ Thomas Sowell

Economics has become as riveting as politics.

~ Tina Brown

While everyone else is thinking about economics and politics, executive salaries and the future of the euro, do the opposite, even if it's hard. Invest in the spirit.

~ Jonathan Sacks

Economics, politics, and personalities are often inseparable.

~ Charles Edison

Economics should be defined in terms of what it is about. It should be about how people produce things, how people exchange them, how people earn income, how they pay taxes, how the government provides infrastructure with tax revenue, and how it conducts monetary policy. The subject has to be defined in terms of the object of inquiry.

~ Ha-Joon Chang

The basic idea that if you increase government spending or you cut people's taxes that stimulates the economy and lowers the unemployment rate, is a very widely accepted idea. It's in every economics textbook, that's what we teach our undergraduates, and I certainly try to teach them the truth.

~ Christina Romer

In economics, one of the most important concepts is 'opportunity cost' - the idea that once you spend your money on something, you can't spend it again on something else.

~ Malcolm Turnbull

Why do writers, say, give up a job in economics and decide to write poetry? Or, why do they give up a job in a bank and decide to paint, like Krishan Khanna? They want to convey something.

~ Vikram Seth