A Little History of Economics Quotes

“Plato feared that if wealth became too important people would start to compete for it. Eventually the state would be ruled by the rich who’d be envied by the poor. People would end up quarrelling and fighting.”
― Niall Kishtainy, A Little History of Economics

“The nineteenth-century British writer Thomas de Quincey turned to economics after finding that his consumption of opium had made him unable to tackle his usual reading of mathematics and philosophy.”
― Niall Kishtainy, A Little History of Economics

“Alfred Marshall once said, economists need ‘cool heads, but warm hearts’. Yes, describe the world like a scientist, but make sure that you do it with compassion for the human suffering around you – then try to change things.”
― Niall Kishtainy, A Little History of Economics