Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Friedrich August von Hayek Quotes: Any man who is only an economist is unlikely to be a good one.
         

Any man who is only an economist is unlikely to be a good one.


Friedrich August von Hayek
Check all other quotes by Friedrich August von Hayek

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Friedrich August von Hayek Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Thu. 28 Mar. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/Any-man-who-is-only-an-economist-591379>.





Check out


Other quotes of Friedrich August von Hayek


The idea of social justice is that the state should treat different people unequally in order to make them equal.

The idea of social justice is that the state should treat different people unequally in order to make them equal.



If socialists understood economics, they wouldn't be socialist.

If socialists understood economics, they wouldn't be socialist.



There is all the difference in the world between treating people equally and attempting to make them equal.

There is all the difference in the world between treating people equally and attempting to make them equal.



'Emergencies' have always been the pretext on which the safeguards of individual liberty have been eroded.

'Emergencies' have always been the pretext on which the safeguards of individual liberty have been eroded.



The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design.

The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design.



[Socialistic] economic planning, regulation, and intervention pave the way to totalitarianism by building a power structure that will inevitably be seized by the most power-hungry and unscrupulous.

[Socialistic] economic planning, regulation, and intervention pave the way to totalitarianism by building a power structure that will inevitably be seized by the most power-hungry and unscrupulous.



In government, the scum rises to the top.

In government, the scum rises to the top.



Social justice rests on the hate towards those that enjoy a comfortable position, namely, upon envy.

Social justice rests on the hate towards those that enjoy a comfortable position, namely, upon envy.



The more the state "plans" the more difficult planning becomes for the individual.

The more the state "plans" the more difficult planning becomes for the individual.



It is indeed probable that more harm and misery have been caused by men determined to use coercion to stamp out a moral evil than by men intent on doing evil.

It is indeed probable that more harm and misery have been caused by men determined to use coercion to stamp out a moral evil than by men intent on doing evil.





Other quotes you may like


They say time heals all wounds, but that presumes the source of the grief is finite

They say time heals all wounds, but that presumes the source of the grief is finite



The songs were all either fast or sad. Because all songs should be either fast or sad.

The songs were all either fast or sad. Because all songs should be either fast or sad.



How can the face that welcomed me into the world be the face I'll soon forget? How can the body I came through be the body I don't really know?

How can the face that welcomed me into the world be the face I'll soon forget? How can the body I came through be the body I don't really know?



I hope people don't take kittens on a whim, like they would a toy, then not care for them.

I hope people don't take kittens on a whim, like they would a toy, then not care for them.



The peoples influenced by the animal dance have a variety of movements and dance with enthusiasm; those who do not know the animal dance have few movements and show little zest for dancing.

The peoples influenced by the animal dance have a variety of movements and dance with enthusiasm; those who do not know the animal dance have few movements and show little zest for dancing.



Do you have any idea how cheap stocks are? Wall Street is now being called Wall Mart Street

Do you have any idea how cheap stocks are? Wall Street is now being called Wall Mart Street



A noble deed is a step toward God.

A noble deed is a step toward God.



When you take a lot of cocaine powder you tend to take a lot of alcohol with it as well, so for many years really I never went out without at least four or five grams of cocaine powder.

When you take a lot of cocaine powder you tend to take a lot of alcohol with it as well, so for many years really I never went out without at least four or five grams of cocaine powder.



I thought film was more important than life itself for many years. But I was naive to the world until my first child was born in 1985.

I thought film was more important than life itself for many years. But I was naive to the world until my first child was born in 1985.



We pray because our life comes from God and we yield it back in prayer. Prayer is a great antidote to the illusion that we are self-made.

We pray because our life comes from God and we yield it back in prayer. Prayer is a great antidote to the illusion that we are self-made.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "Any man who is only an economist is unlikely to be a good one.". Author of this quote is Friedrich August von Hayek. This quote is about unlikely, economist, men, economics,.