42 Quotes by Eric Maskin

Economic forecasting has actually got pretty good over the years, though admittedly, we don't always get it right.

I don't want to make public statements about issues that I have not studied in detail.

I entered economics because of a course I took on 'information economics,' which I found fascinating.

I probably learned most at MIT by teaching and working with Peter Diamond, who acted like a big brother to me during my time in the department.

I was born in New York City but grew up across the Hudson River in Alpine, New Jersey.

I'm not a housing market expert, and I don't want to pretend to be one.

In an industry with highly sequential innovation, it may be better for society to scrap patents altogether than try to tighten them.

Markets work well with goods that economists call private goods.

Most policy makers embrace a religious-like belief that the market can and should solve every problem.