An economist is someone who gets rich explaining others why they are poor.
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The last severe depression and banking crisis could not have been achieved by normal civil servants and politicians, it required economists involvement.
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Contagion: A strory demostrating the possible outcomes from interlinkages in the financial markets.
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Two economists sit down to play chess. They study the board for 24 hours and declare a stale-mate.
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Q: What does it take to be a good economist?
A: An unshakeable grasp of the obvious!
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Q: What's the difference between mathematics and economics?
A: Mathematics is incomprehensible; economics just doesn't make any sense.
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An economist is someone who didn't have enough personality to become an accountant.
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Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.
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Q: What's the difference between a finance major and an economics major?
A: Opportunity cost
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The First Law of Economists: For every economist, there exists an equal and opposite economist.
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The Second Law of Economists: They're both wrong.
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An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today. - Laurence J. Peter
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A study of economics usually reveals that the best time to buy anything is last year. - Marty Allen
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I don't think you can spend yourself rich. - George Humphrey
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If all economists were laid end to end they would not reach a conclusion. - George Bernard Shaw
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An economist is someone who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
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Tariff -- A scale of taxes on imports, designed to protect the domestic producer against the greed of his consumer.
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Economists are people who are too smart for their own good and not smart enough for anyone else's.
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Economy -- Purchasing the barrel of whiskey that you do not need for the price of the cow that you cannot afford.
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An economist is someone who doesn't know what he's talking about - and make you feel it's your fault.
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