Wassily Leontief Professions : Economist Born : August 5, 1906 Died : February 5, 1999 Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by Wassily Leontief Page after page of professional economic journals are filled with mathematical formulas leading the reader from sets of more or less plausible but entirely arbitrary assumptions to precisely stated but irrelevant theoretical conclusions. Wassily Leontief arbitrary assumption pages We move from more or less plausible but really arbitrary assumptions, to elegantly demonstrated but irrelevant conclusions. Wassily Leontief arbitrary assumption moving The human worker will go the way of the horse. Wassily Leontief horse workers way Similar Authors Bryan Caplan economist Burton Malkiel economist Bruno Frey economist Brian Wesbury economist Branko Milanovic economist Andrew Samwick economist All Authors
