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economist

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e·con·o·mist  (-kn-mst)
n.
1. A specialist in economics.
2. Archaic An economical person.

economist [ɪˈkɒnəmɪst]
n
1. (Economics) a specialist in economics
2. Archaic a person who advocates or practises frugality
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.economisteconomist - an expert in the science of economics
economics profession - the body of professional economists
econometrician, econometrist - an economist who uses statistical and mathematical methods
macroeconomic expert, macroeconomist - an economist who specializes in macroeconomics
microeconomic expert, microeconomist - an economist who specializes in microeconomics
monetarist - an advocate of the theory that economic fluctuations are caused by increases or decreases in the supply of money
social scientist - someone expert in the study of human society and its personal relationships

economist
noun
Quotations
"Economists set themselves too easy, too useless a task if in tempestuous seasons they can only tell us that when the storm is long past the ocean will be flat again" [John Maynard Keynes A Tract on Monetary Reform]
"If all economists were laid end to end, they would not reach a conclusion" [George Bernard Shaw]
Translations
economist [ɪˈkɒnəmɪst] Neconomista mf

economist [ɪˈkɒnəmɪst] néconomiste mf

economist
nWirtschaftswissenschaftler(in) m(f); (= social economist)Volkswirt(in) m(f), → Volkswirtschaftler(in) m(f); (in management studies) → Betriebswirt(in) m(f), → Betriebswirtschaftler(in) m(f)

economist [ɪˈkɒnəmɪst] neconomista m/f
economist [ɪˈkɒnəmɪst] neconomista m/f

economist عالم اقتصادى ekonom økonom Volkswirtschaftler οικονομολόγος economista taloustieteilijä économiste ekonomist economista 経済学者 경제학자 econoom økonom ekonomista economista экономист ekonom นักเศรษศาสตร์ ekonomist nhà kinh tế học 经济学家


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But no amount of lubberly book-jargon can disguise a fact well calculated to afflict the soul of every sound economist.
She lives in reputation at the polite end of the town, and is so good an economist, that she spends three times the income of her fortune, without running into debt.
I have not set down half of the virtues that are vested in a good courier, but I think I have set down a sufficiency of them to show that an irritable man who can afford one and does not employ him is not a wise economist.
 
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