2214 quotes by economists for you to enjoy

Most people hugely underestimate the amount of 'empty space' we have in our country. Fly over the U.K., and you see that human settlement does not fill up the U.K. at all. It accounts for something of the order of 15 per cent of the landmass. Evan Davis

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We should not only look at the short-term economic benefits of fossil fuels but also at the bad news for climate change. We should therefore not greet the fossil fuel age unconditionally. Fatih Birol

News Change Age Benefits Bad Only Bad News Economic Economic Benefits Unconditionally Look Also Climate Climate Change Greet Short-Term Fuel Fuels Should Fossil Fossil Fuel Therefore Fossil Fuels

Renewable energy is no longer a niche fuel. Fatih Birol

Energy Longer Renewable Renewable Energy Fuel Niche

Strong policies and innovation can make the difference for energy security, climate change, air quality, and universal access to modern energy services in parallel - in short, building a secure, affordable, sustainable energy system that is available to all. Fatih Birol

Change Quality Innovation Strong Building Energy Air System Secure Security Parallel Make Policies Access Climate Climate Change Affordable Modern Short Difference Sustainable Available Energy Security Services Universal

Energy is a linchpin of economic prosperity, with energy security, reliability, and affordability key preconditions for sustainable growth. Fatih Birol

Key Prosperity Energy Reliability Security Economic Economic Prosperity Sustainable Energy Security Growth

The energy sector presents exceptional opportunities for governments and investors. Fatih Birol

Opportunities Energy Sector Exceptional Investors Governments Presents

When a person from a community goes and buys a car, he or she should have the incentive, financial incentive, to buy a more efficient, more environment-friendly car. This shouldn't be only left to the intention of the people. We cannot only rely on the ethics or the moral of the people. Fatih Birol

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Humanity's future, to say nothing of its prosperity, will depend on how the world tackles two central energy challenges: securing reliable supplies of affordable energy and switching to efficient low-carbon energy. Fatih Birol

Future Challenges Humanity World Prosperity Will Depend Energy Nothing Say Reliable Supplies How Efficient Affordable Central Switching Two

I think, for OPEC, the main challenge is to have a price level which brings good profits to them, good incentives for the investments, but at the same time, to prevent prices going to very high levels. Fatih Birol

The golden era for coal is over. Fatih Birol

Over Era Golden Coal

I love football, and I love my work. Fatih Birol

Work Love Football

India needs three things for its energy sector: investment, investment, and investment. Fatih Birol

Needs Three Energy Sector India Investment Things

The rationale for tenure is still valid. But the system has turned the academy into one of the most conservative and costly institutions in the country. Yes, conservative: Economists joke that their discipline advances one funeral at a time, but many fields must wait for wholesale generational turnover before new approaches take hold. Francis Fukuyama

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I'm basically an optimist because I do think there's this historical modernisation process, and by and large it's been very beneficial to people. But there are blips. History doesn't proceed in a linear way. Francis Fukuyama

History People Think Beneficial Way Because Been Linear Historical Very Optimist Proceed Process Large Basically

In general, Americans are not very good at nation-building and not very good colonialists. Francis Fukuyama

Good General Nation-Building Very American

I've figured out in the course of my life that the one thing I'm good at doing is writing books, and it would be crazy to trade that in for something else. Francis Fukuyama

Life Good Crazy Writing My Life Else Books Out Would One Thing Would-Be Something Something Else Course Trade Doing The One Thing Figured Thing

I'm a tenured professor. But I'd get rid of tenure. Francis Fukuyama

Tenure Get Rid Professor

Economists agree about economics - and that's a science - and they disagree about economic policy because that's a value judgment... I've had profound disagreements on policy with the famous Milton Friedman. But, on economics, we agree. Franco Modigliani

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The immediate effect of the deficit is to make you feel good, like when you go on a trip and pay later. You feel good, and then you get a hangover. The deficit makes you feel good - until you pay later. Franco Modigliani

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There is no sense in making statements that will not continue to be true after they are made. Frank Knight

Will Made Be True Sense Statements No Sense True Making Continue After

The possibility of saying anything about a thing rests on the assumption that it preserves its identity, or continues to be the same thing in the respect described, that it will behave in future situations as it has in past. Frank Knight

Future Saying Respect Will Past Same Thing Preserves Assumption Possibility About Rests Identity Behave Same Situations Anything Thing

All science is static in the sense that it describes the unchanging aspects of things. Frank Knight

Science Sense Static Unchanging Aspects Things

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