2214 quotes by economists for you to enjoy

My brother Carl became a physicist; I became an economist. George Akerlof

Brother Physicist Economist Became

Parents don't take a baby's temperature to decide whether the room is too warm; likewise, for global warming, we need a story that spurs us to do what is necessary. George Akerlof

Parents Too Baby Temperature Take Global Global Warming Likewise Spurs Decide Story Whether Room Warm Warming Us Necessary Need

Mugabe's become a disgrace to Africa. And I must say this because I am an African and a lot of us looked up to him back in the 1980s when he was the liberation hero. But he's now turned himself into a murderous despot. George Ayittey

The 'Cheetah Generation' refers to the new and angry generation of young African graduates and professionals, who look at African issues and problems from a totally different and unique perspective. George Ayittey

Angry Generation Problems Perspective Young Totally New Look Issues Graduates African Different Who Unique Professionals

What you and I understand as a government doesn't exist in many African countries. In fact, what we call our governments are vampire states. Vampires because they suck the economic vitality out of their people. Government is the problem in Africa. George Ayittey

Government You People Problem Our States Out Vampire Vampires Vitality Economic Fact Countries Call Because Understand Exist Governments Africa African In Fact Suck Many

The reason why Botswana has done very well is because it's the only black African country which went back to its roots and built upon its own indigenous institutions. George Ayittey

Black Country Own Back Indigenous Only Institutions Well Because Built Very Done African Which Roots Reason Why

There was free trade in Africa. There was free enterprise in Africa before the colonialists came. George Ayittey

Free Before Enterprise Free Enterprise Free Trade Trade Came Africa

Across Africa there is what I call a colonialist mentality or orthodoxy. Orthodoxy in the sense that a lot of things have gone wrong in Africa in the post-colonial period. And time and time again, any time something went wrong, the leadership claims that it was never their fault. George Ayittey

Africa has more dictators per capita than any other continent. George Ayittey

Other Per More Continent Dictators Than Any Africa

Africa's salvation doesn't lie in begging and begging for more aid, and as an African, I find it very, very humiliating. George Ayittey

Lie Aid Humiliating Find More Very Begging Salvation Africa African

The solutions to Africa's problems lie in Africa, not in Live Aid concerts. George Ayittey

Lie Problems Live Aid Solutions Concerts Africa

There's a belief that since Africa got a raw deal from the colonial West, then the Chinese must be Africa's best friend. But the evidence doesn't show that, and the main criticism is that they are building infrastructure in exchange for Africa's resources in deals that are structured to favor China. George Ayittey

Best Criticism Building Resources Evidence Favor Must Best Friend Structured Colonial Exchange Main Raw Since Deal Deals Got West Friend Africa China Chinese Infrastructure Then Show Belief

Radio is the death and life of Africa. George Ayittey

Life Death Africa Radio

Unlike their Western counterparts, Africans take elections very seriously - rising up early to queue patiently in line for hours under the hot sun and cast their ballots. Any misguided attempt to nullify or steal their votes will evoke a strong reaction from them. George Ayittey

Strong Seriously Will Unlike Sun Evoke Rising Steal Cast Take Attempt Misguided Counterparts Hot Votes Hours Reaction Line Ballots Western Queue Up Very Any Patiently African Them Elections Early

The slaves of socialism are slaves, but they are no one's property and therefore no one's loss. George Reisman

Property Socialism Loss Therefore Slaves

The Chicago Economics Department was in intellectual ferment, although the central issues of the 1930's were very different from those in later times. I had never before encountered minds of that quality at close quarters and they influenced me strongly. George Stigler

Me Quality Economics Before Minds Later Those Strongly Never Had Although Quarters Issues Were Encountered Ferment Intellectual Chicago Very Close Times Department Different Influenced Central

Two years later, I went to the University of Minnesota from which I was on leave for several years during the war as a member of Statistical Research Group at Columbia University. George Stigler

War Research Group Later Several Member Statistical Minnesota Columbia Columbia University Leave Years Which Two University

The delicate and intricate pattern of competition and cooperation in the economic behavior of the hundreds of thousands of citizens of Stockholm offers a challenge to the economist that is perhaps as complex as the challenges of the physicist and the chemist. George Stigler

Challenges Competition Behavior Challenge Hundreds Hundreds Of Thousands Complex Intricate Citizens Thousands Delicate Economic Physicist Economist Perhaps Chemist Stockholm Offers Pattern Cooperation

My main graduate training was received at the University of Chicago from which I received the Ph.D. in 1938. George Stigler

Training Main Chicago Graduate Which Received University

After the war, I returned to Minnesota, from which I soon moved to Brown University, and a year later, to Columbia University where I remained from 1947 until 1958. George Stigler

War Year Later Minnesota Brown Remained Columbia Columbia University Soon Until Returned Year Later Moved Where After Which University

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