Waarover denken economen?
- Gepubliceerd in Economie
Economics is the study of economies’
(Krugman and Wells, 2004)
‘Economics is what economists do’
(Viner, in 1941 geciteerd door Boulding)
‘The science which studies human behavior as a relationship between ends and scarce means which have alternative uses’
(Robbins, 1932)
‘Economics is the study of how human beings coordinate their wants and desires, given the decision-making mechanisms, social customs, and political realities of the society’
(Colander, 2006)
‘Political Economy or Economics is a study of mankind in the ordinary business of life; it examines that part of individual and social action which is most closely connected with the attainment and with the use of the material requisites of wellbeing’
(Marshall, 1890)
