A Swedish physicist can not discuss his work with fifty people unless he goes abroad. A Swedish economist can get opinions and instructions in his native language from thousands upon thousands of his fellow citizens.

  • -- George Stigler 斯蒂格勒

一位瑞典物理学家除非出国,否则不能与五十个人讨论他的工作。一位瑞典经济学家可以从他成千上万的同胞那里得到用本国语言表述的意见和指示。

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I think you've got to watch out for anybody in high school who says he wants to become an economist.

我认为你必须提防任何一个在高中说他想成为一名经济学家的人。

My first degree came years before my second. I had wanted to be a physicist, but I flunked calculus.

我的第一个学位比第二个学位早了好几年。我本想成为一名物理学家,但我的微积分不及格。

I am sure that I have been much more useful to society as a medical physicist.

我相信,作为一名医学物理学家,我对社会的贡献要大得多。

An economist's guess is liable to be as good as anybody else's.

经济学家的猜测可能和其他人一样好。