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economist

[ ih-kon-uh-mist ]

/ ɪˈkɒn ə mɪst /

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noun

a specialist in economics.

Archaic. a thrifty or frugal person.

Origin of economist

First recorded in 1580–90; econom(y) + -ist

Words nearby economist

economic zone, economical, economically, economics, economism, economist, economistic, economize, economizer, economo's disease, economy

Example sentences from the Web for economist

Why has Michael Bloomberg replaced his longtime lieutenant with the editor-in-chief of The Economist?

Inside Bloomberg News’ Shock Shake-Up |Lloyd Grove |December 9, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Jonathan Gruber, the economist who helped design Romneycare and the Affordable Care Act, falls on his sword before Congress.

Obamacare Architect: I Wanted to Sound Smart |Ben Jacobs |December 9, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The Economist has calculated that it spends $170 billion annually in the United States alone.

Is Pope Francis Backpedaling on Gays? |Jay Michaelson |November 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The New Yorker, The Economist, and many other media outlets have joined in to jump on Beijing as well.

Is Hong Kong Tiananmen 2.0? |Brendon Hong |September 29, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

The Economist even repented with another cover in December 2011 declaring “Africa Rising.”

How I Got Addicted to Africa (and Wrote a Thriller About It) |Todd Moss |September 9, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
No economist, acquainted with the facts, can fail to answer in the affirmative.

The Open Secret of Ireland |T. M. Kettle
They observed Nature to be an economist, and practiced economy with scrupulous exactness.

Mizora: A Prophecy |Mary E. Bradley
But, in the words of an economist of another generation, it is a condition and not a theory which confronts us.

The Railroad Problem |Edward Hungerford
The Economist shows that when a country imports goods the chief means of paying for them is to export other goods.

Logic |Carveth Read
No harm is done, however, if the economist does not explicitly refer to this, but goes on merely talking about money-prices.

The Value of Money |Benjamin M. Anderson, Jr.

British Dictionary definitions for economist

economist

/ (ɪˈkɒnəmɪst) /

noun

a specialist in economics

archaic a person who advocates or practises frugality