There is much of economic theory which is pursued for no better reason than its intellectual attraction; it is a good game. We have no reason to be ashamed of that, since the same would hold for many branches of pure mathematics.


John Hicks (1979), quoted in: Nitasha Kaul (2007) Imagining Economics Otherwise. p. 76

John Hicks Quotes

There is much of economic theory which is pursued for no better reason than its intellectual attraction; it is a good game. We have no reason to be...

There is much of economic theory which is pursued for no better reason than its intellectual attraction; it is a good game. We have no reason to be...

There is much of economic theory which is pursued for no better reason than its intellectual attraction; it is a good game. We have no reason to be...

There is much of economic theory which is pursued for no better reason than its intellectual attraction; it is a good game. We have no reason to be...