Editing List of Scots (section)

==Economists==
* Sir [[Kenneth Alexander (economist)|Kenneth Alexander]] (1922–2001), university administrator
* [[Adam Anderson (economist)|Adam Anderson]] (1692/1693–1765), economic historian
* [[Duncan Black]] (1908–1991), social choice theorist
* Sir [[Alexander Cairncross (economist)|Alexander Cairncross]] (1911–1998), founder of the UK [[Government Economic Service]]
* [[Frances Cairncross|Frances Anne Cairncross]] (born 30 August 1944), economist, journalist and academic
* [[John Marcus Fleming]] (1911–1976), IMF deputy director of research
* [[David Greenaway (economist)|David Greenaway]] (born 1952), university administrator
* [[John Law (economist)|John Law]] (c. 1671–1729), founder of [[Banque Générale]] in France
* [[James Loch]] (1780–1855), economist, advocate, barrister, estate commissioner and Member of Parliament
* [[Joseph Lowe (economist)|Joseph Lowe]] (died 1831), journalist and [[political economy|political economist]]
* [[Ronald MacDonald (economist)|Ronald MacDonald]] (born 1955)
* [[Henry Dunning Macleod]] (1821–1902), credit theorist
* [[Ailsa McKay]] (1963–2014), [[Feminist economics|feminist economist]], Professor of Economics at [[Glasgow Caledonian University]] and United Nations adviser
* [[Sir James Mirrlees]] (1936–2018), Nobel Laureate
* [[Anton Muscatelli]] (born 1962), Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the [[University of Glasgow]]
* [[Brian Quinn (economist)|Brian Quinn]] (born 1936), former Deputy Governor of [[the Bank of England]] and Chairman of Celtic FC
* [[John Rae (economist)|John Rae]] (1796–1872), polymath
* [[Gavin Clydesdale Reid]] (born 1946)
* [[Adam Smith]] (1723–1790), moral philosopher, author of ''[[The Wealth of Nations]]'', the first modern work on economics