Science Quotes

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"Reserve requirements shape how much credit banks can extend."
Anna Schwartz
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"The price level is determined by the quantity of money relative to output."
Anna Schwartz
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"The business cycle has monetary causes and requires monetary solutions."
Anna Schwartz
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"Exchange rates reflect the relative monetary policies of different nations."
Anna Schwartz
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"Interest rates are prices that signal the scarcity of capital and willingness to save."
Anna Schwartz
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"The distribution of money supply changes across sectors drives relative price changes."
Anna Schwartz
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"The input-output model reveals the intricate web of interdependence that binds all sectors of an economy together."
Wassily Leontief
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"Mathematics is the language through which nature reveals her economic secrets."
Wassily Leontief
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"Scientific method applied to economics removes ideology and reveals reality."
Wassily Leontief
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"Economic theory must be tested against reality or else it becomes dogma."
Wassily Leontief
"Econometrics without theory is mere number crunching without meaning."
James Tobin
"The quantity of money matters, but so does its velocity and composition."
James Tobin
"Demand for money is demand for the services that money provides, not just medium of exchange."
James Tobin
"Inflation is not just a monetary phenomenon but also reflects real supply shocks and expectations."
James Tobin
"The natural rate of interest is the rate that equilibrates real investment and saving."
James Tobin
"The nominal rigidities in the economy give monetary policy real effects in the short run."
James Tobin
"The velocity of money is not constant but varies with financial conditions and expectations."
James Tobin
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"Data matters more than opinion."
Paul Samuelson
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"Correlation is not causation."
Paul Samuelson
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"Models simplify reality but can illuminate important truths."
Paul Samuelson
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"Mathematics is the language of economics."
Paul Samuelson
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"Empirical evidence should guide policy."
Paul Samuelson
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"A researcher's duty is to ask the right questions, even if answers are elusive"
Simon Kuznets
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"To count is to begin to understand, but counting is never enough"
Simon Kuznets
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"The methodology matters less than the honest pursuit of understanding"
Simon Kuznets
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"The test of economic science is whether it helps humanity understand itself better"
Simon Kuznets
"Equilibrium in economics is a useful fiction, not a description of reality."
Kenneth Arrow
"Economic theory without empirical grounding becomes mere intellectual exercise."
Kenneth Arrow
"Science progresses through the patient accumulation of insights, not sudden revelation."
Kenneth Arrow
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"Markets reflect not just economics, but the psychology of millions."
Anna Schwartz