2214 quotes by economists for you to enjoy

Sometimes pessimism or optimism gets popular, and it's contagious. Edward C. Prescott

Sometimes Contagious Optimism Gets Pessimism Popular

Anywhere the struggle is great, the level of ingenuity and inventiveness is high. Eleni Zaude Gabre-Madhin

Great Struggle High Anywhere Ingenuity Level

Happiness is the freedom of choice. The freedom to choose where to live, what to do, what to buy, what to sell, from whom, to whom, when and how. Eleni Zaude Gabre-Madhin

Happiness Buy Freedom Live How Sell Where Choice Choose Whom

Inflation in Russia is primarily related to internal factors. Elvira Nabiullina

Inflation Related Russia Factors Primarily Internal

The monetary policy instruments which Russia has at its disposal are pretty well developed. Elvira Nabiullina

Pretty Russia Developed Well Instruments Policy Which Disposal Monetary Monetary Policy

As a former economy minister, I can't not think about economic growth. The central bank should also think about this but through its own instruments. Elvira Nabiullina

Own Think Minister About Economic Through Economic Growth Economy Also Instruments Bank Central Former Central Bank Should Growth

There's a lot of pressure and criticism in a crisis, but you can't miss the wood for the trees. Elvira Nabiullina

You Pressure Criticism Trees Crisis Miss Lot Wood

I think that many central banks and financial authorities understand that any long term attempt to compete through an artificial depreciation of their currency will not be very effective in the long term. Elvira Nabiullina

It seems to me that a market exchange rate which is not artificially controlled by central banks enables one to balance the interests of different market players - exporters and importers, investors, borrowers, lenders. Elvira Nabiullina

Me Balance Market Borrowers Rate Seems Exchange Exchange Rate Investors Enables Artificially Controlled Different Banks Which Central Interests Players

Of course I welcome all the normalization of monetary policy. I think monetary policy should be normal. Elvira Nabiullina

Welcome Think Policy Course Normal Should Monetary Monetary Policy

I believe that high, sustainable growth rates can only be possible on the basis of macro-stability. Elvira Nabiullina

Believe Possible High Rates Only Sustainable Growth Basis

In general, global economic growth supports Russian economy. Elvira Nabiullina

Russian General Economic Economic Growth Supports Economy Global Growth

If everyone is good at something different, assigning chores is easy. If your partner is great at grocery shopping and you are great at the laundry, you're set. But this isn't always - or even usually - the case. Emily Oster

Good Great You Shopping Partner Everyone Laundry Easy Case Something Always Different Grocery Grocery Shopping Your Even Chores Set

The key to good decision making is evaluating the available information - the data - and combining it with your own estimates of pluses and minuses. As an economist, I do this every day. Emily Oster

Good Day Every Day Key Decision Own Every Data Combining Economist Making Information Estimates Decision-Making Available Your Evaluating

As people do a task, they improve at it. Emily Oster

People Improve Task

All's fair in love and purchasing. Emily Oster

Love Purchasing Fair

To put it mildly, I'm not crazy about the implication that pregnant women are incapable of deciding for themselves. Emily Oster

Crazy Women About Put Implication Women Are Deciding Pregnant Themselves Incapable

The claim that SpongeBob makes your child dumber is a causal claim. If you do X, Y will happen. To prove that, you'd have to show that if you forced the children in the no-TV households to watch SpongeBob and changed nothing else about their lives, they would do worse in school. Emily Oster

You School Will Nothing Changed Else Worse Claim Would About Forced Households Makes Causal Prove Dumber Child Children Happen Your Your Child Show Lives Watch

I think women - relative to men - tend to feel that they have to do the household chores on top of everything else. This becomes even worse once you have kids. It's enough to have a full time job; a full time job plus a family is even more. Emily Oster

Time Family You Women Job Men Think Enough Else Relative Everything Once Everything Else Top Worse Kids Plus More Tend Feel Household Becomes Full Full-Time Even Even Worse Chores

You work hard for your income, and that hard work is what fuels the economy. Emily Oster

Work Hard Work You Work Hard Economy Fuels Your Hard Income

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