2214 quotes by economists for you to enjoy

A Swedish physicist can not discuss his work with fifty people unless he goes abroad. A Swedish economist can get opinions and instructions in his native language from thousands upon thousands of his fellow citizens. George Stigler

Rather than waiting for a crisis to erupt before intervening, the IMF should provide 'forward guidance' on how it will tackle potential disruptions in international financial markets. Gita Gopinath

Having a proper understanding of countries' external positions - current accounts, stock positions, and currencies - is critical to highlight policymakers' shared responsibility to tackle external imbalances before they become too risky. Gita Gopinath

Responsibility Become Understanding Before Positions Too Critical Tackle Proper Having Risky Shared Highlight Countries Policymakers Stock Accounts Current External

Fiscal policy will need to manage trade-offs between supporting demand, protecting social spending, and ensuring that public debt remains on a sustainable path, with the optimal mix depending on country-specific circumstances. Gita Gopinath

There is a need for greater multilateral cooperation to resolve trade conflicts, to address climate change and risks from cybersecurity, and to improve the effectiveness of international taxation. Gita Gopinath

Change Risks Resolve Address Greater Trade Climate Climate Change Effectiveness Improve Conflicts Taxation International Multilateral Cooperation Need

Where fiscal space is low, fiscal policy needs to adjust in a growth-friendly manner to ensure public debt is on a sustainable path, while protecting the most vulnerable. Gita Gopinath

Needs Path Space Ensure Adjust Most Protecting Policy Vulnerable Fiscal Debt Where Sustainable While Public Low Manner

The advantages of globalization are actually much like the advantages of technological improvement. They have very similar effects: they raise output in countries, raise productivity, create more jobs, raise wages, and lower prices of products in the world economy. Gita Gopinath

World Jobs Similar More Output Prices Advantages Countries Like Economy Globalization Wages Effects Very Improvement Create Much Lower Productivity Products World Economy Actually Technological Raise

Harvard is famous for being an 'absorbing state' for faculty with almost no one leaving it for another institution, which is why the decision of granting tenure is a life long commitment. Gita Gopinath

Life Commitment Decision Long State Harvard Faculty No-One Absorb Almost Tenure Institution Another Leaving Being Famous Which Why

I am a trained economist. Gita Gopinath

Economist Am Trained

I think about issues. I use my economic training to devise solutions. Gita Gopinath

Training Think Solutions About Economic Devise Issues Use

It is important for India to stay the course on fiscal consolidation. Gita Gopinath

Important Consolidation India Stay Course Fiscal

Recapitalization has helped in many parts of the world. Gita Gopinath

World Parts Helped Many

When I was doing my bachelors from Delhi University, India experienced its first major external financing and currency crisis in 1990-91. This inspired me to pursue graduate work in economics and was the foundation for my interest in international finance. Gita Gopinath

Work Finance Me First Economics Bachelors Crisis Financing India Delhi Pursue Inspired Major Doing Currency Graduate Experienced Interest International Foundation External University

We need to realise that entrepreneurship is not necessarily increasing employment. Gita Gopinath

Increasing Entrepreneurship Employment Realise Necessarily Need

If you waive loans, it will encourage everyone to opt for more as they think they can get away with it in future. Gita Gopinath

Future You Will Think Everyone More Encourage Get Away Loans

Unfortunately, governments do not have a philanthropic approach towards future governments. Gita Gopinath

Future Approach Towards Governments Unfortunately Philanthropic

The Obama administration's large and sustained increases in debt raise the specter of another financial crisis and large future tax increases, further chilling business investment and job creation. Glenn Hubbard

Future Business Financial Job Creation Increases Further Job Creation Financial Crisis Crisis Obama Administration Investment Another Debt Tax Sustained Chilling Tax Increases Large Specter Raise

President Obama has ignored or dismissed proposals that would address our anti-competitive tax code and unsustainable trajectory of federal debt - including his own bipartisan National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform - and submitted no plan for entitlement reform. Glenn Hubbard

Entitlement Responsibility National Own President Our President Obama Address Obama Would Federal Proposals Unsustainable Fiscal Fiscal Responsibility His Debt Reform Submitted Commission Trajectory Tax Tax Code Plan Dismissed Ignored Including Code Bipartisan

What Governor Romney is proposing is an across-the-board cut in marginal tax rates for households, every household in America by 20 percent. And we'll have to broaden the base to pay for that. Also, a very deep cut in the corporate rate. Glenn Hubbard

Gradual fiscal consolidation may also be stimulative in the short run. Glenn Hubbard

Consolidation Run Also Fiscal Gradual May Short

I think the ethos for Gov. Romney is to use a whole variety of policies, of which tax policy is one, to try to raise the rate of growth. We've had a recovery from the financial crisis that would be well below what one might normally expect for a recovery from such a deep recession. And to counteract that we need better tax policy. Glenn Hubbard

Financial Better Try Think Recession Financial Crisis Crisis Would Would-Be Rate Variety Recovery Had Counteract Well Policies Policy Normally Expect Tax Which Tax Policy Romney Might Ethos Use Deep Whole Growth Raise Below Need

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