“Anyone who believes that exponential growth can go on forever in a finite world is either a madman or an economist.”
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The context of the discussion was that the influence of economists on public policy was not so much due to the accuracy of what they say but due to their actual insights about what to say (i.e. their understanding of social power dynamics).
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I don't think economists understand either of those things
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"An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today."
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