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> [“If economics were only about profit maximization, it would be just another name for business administration. It is a social discipline, and society has other means of cost accounting besides market prices.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dani-rodrik/if-economics-were-only-about-profit-maximization-it-would-be-just/)

[Dani Rodrik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dani-rodrik/)

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## More by Dani Rodrik

> [Unlike national markets, which tend to be supported by domestic regulatory and political institutions, global markets are only 'weakly embedded'. There is no global…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dani-rodrik/unlike-national-markets-which-tend-to-be-supported-by-domestic/)

[Dani Rodrik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dani-rodrik/)

> [“The economics we need is of the "seminar room" variety, not the "rule-of-thumb" kind. It is an economics that recognizes its limitations and caveats…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dani-rodrik/the-economics-we-need-is-of-the-seminar-room-variety-not-the-rule-of/)

[Dani Rodrik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dani-rodrik/)

> [“At any rate, the lesson from history seems to be that continued globalization cannot be taken for granted. If its consequences are not managed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dani-rodrik/at-any-rate-the-lesson-from-history-seems-to-be-that-continued/)

[Dani Rodrik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dani-rodrik/)

> [What determines success in industrial policy is not the ability to pick winners but the capacity to let the losers go.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dani-rodrik/what-determines-success-in-industrial-policy-is-not-the-ability-to/)

[Dani Rodrik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dani-rodrik/)

> [“If economics were only about profit maximization, it would be just another name for business administration. It is a social discipline, and society has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dani-rodrik/if-economics-were-only-about-profit-maximization-it-would-be-just/)

[Dani Rodrik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dani-rodrik/)

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