Top 7 Quotes & Sayings by Russ Roberts

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an economist Russ Roberts.
Last updated on September 17, 2024.
Russ Roberts

Russell David "Russ" Roberts is an economist, a research fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution and president designate of Shalem College in Jerusalem. He is known for communicating economic ideas in understandable terms as host of the EconTalk podcast.

Capitalism involves struggle, but it has an invisible heart beating at its core that transforms people's lives.
Under capitalism, man oppresses man. But under socialism, it's the other way around.
Welcome to the wonderful world of economics. Everything precious in life has a cost. — © Russ Roberts
Welcome to the wonderful world of economics. Everything precious in life has a cost.
I believe the power of Economics is to help provide a unique lens for looking at the world.
The incredible stability in inflation is really a novel human experience. And the inflation is being the result of money.
Self-deception can be more comforting than self-knowledge. We like to fool ourselves.
Adam Smith was not a big fan of the pursuit of fame and fortune. His view of what we truly want, of what really makes us happy, cuts to the core of things. It takes him only twelve words to get to the heart of the matter: Man naturally desires, not only to be loved, but to be lovely.
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