Quotes
Bob Shiller – on Krugman and his New Trade Theory. [This was] “His most famous paper before he became a newspaper writer”.
Bob Shiller – “Lombard Street… Maybe it’s the only book you have to read about economics…”
Peter Phillips “Sometimes in your career something might be named after you, beware it’s not for ever”
Andrei Shleifer on Voting “A. I don’t have an impact, B. Why do I care?”
Bob Shiller “I got a call from Samuelson, have you heard about him?”… “He told me to consult my spiritual advisor” – (a bit out of context, but funny)
Donald Green on the importance of theory in empirical testing – [is not very useful]“…at least in Political Science, where we tend to have a pathetic theory”
Anonymous guy at the Branford Train Station It is unorganized, slow and messy, it must be a federal project.
IMF insider quoted by “If they ever reform this place (IMF), it’s irrelevant”
George Alogoskoufis “Economies fail, economics never fails”