“Economics is organized common sense. Here is a short list of valuable lessons that our beautiful subject teaches.”

— Thomas J. Sargent

Thomas J. Sargent, University of California at Berkeley graduation speech (2007), quoted in David Glasner, " Memo to Tom Sargent: Economics Is More than Just Common Sense https://uneasymoney.com/2014/04/25/memo-to-tom-sargent-economics-is-more-than-just-common-sense/" (2014)

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