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Ask five economists and you'll get five different answers - six if one went to Harvard.

I may be only a fish and chip shop lady, but some of these economists need to get their heads out of the textbooks and get a job in the real world. I would not even let one of them handle my grocery shopping.

I spend my time being a retailer, not an economist.

Economists create their own worlds. We're like little gods with our artificial economics, wanting to see what happens.

I'm no economist. I don't even play one on TV. I'm just a husband, a father, a taxpayer.

I am often considered almost not a part of the profession of Establishment economists. I am even referred to as a sociologist. And by that, economists usually do not mean anything flattering.

I can't speak for them, of course, but I believe that most economists would accept the view that, while you sometimes can make a score by sheer luck, you can't do it constantly, unless you're willing to put the resources in.

The good news is that economists are intelligent, engaging and often charming folks. The bad news is their work is often of little use to investors.

I'm an economist, not a political scientist.