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economist [ɪˈkɒnəmɪst] n
1. (Economics) a specialist in economics 2. Archaic a person who advocates or practises frugality ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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 n → Wirtschaftswissenschaftler(in) m(f); (= social economist) → Volkswirt(in) m(f), → Volkswirtschaftler(in) m(f); (in management studies) → Betriebswirt(in) m(f), → Betriebswirtschaftler(in) m(f) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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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