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> [You'd be a fool or a deluded idealist to think ethics would be prominent on Wall Street. That is not a statement against people in the money business, just a fact.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-levitt/you-d-be-a-fool-or-a-deluded-idealist-to-think-ethics-would-be/)

[Steven Levitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-levitt/)

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## More by Steven Levitt

> [Experts are human, and humans respond to incentives. How any given expert treats you, therefore, will depend on how that expert's incentives are set…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-levitt/experts-are-human-and-humans-respond-to-incentives-how-any-given/)

[Steven Levitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-levitt/)

> [The major challenge facing most foundations is that they are risk averse. This inhibits their ability to experiment and commit to the experimentation and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-levitt/the-major-challenge-facing-most-foundations-is-that-they-are-risk/)

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> [People don't like it, but inevitably we need to think about both the costs and the benefits of health care. We cannot avoid the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-levitt/people-don-t-like-it-but-inevitably-we-need-to-think-about-both-the/)

[Steven Levitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-levitt/)

> [You'd be a fool or a deluded idealist to think ethics would be prominent on Wall Street. That is not a statement against people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-levitt/you-d-be-a-fool-or-a-deluded-idealist-to-think-ethics-would-be/)

[Steven Levitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-levitt/)

> [Scarcity is a captivating book, overflowing with new ideas, fantastic stories, and simple suggestions that just might change the way you live.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-levitt/scarcity-is-a-captivating-book-overflowing-with-new-ideas-fantastic/)

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> [Don't trust, just verify.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-levitt/don-t-trust-just-verify/)

[Steven Levitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-levitt/)

> [Wall Street is populated by a bunch of people whose primary goal is to make money, and the rules are pretty much caveat emptor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-levitt/wall-street-is-populated-by-a-bunch-of-people-whose-primary-goal-is/)

[Steven Levitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-levitt/)

> [If you own a gun and have a swimming pool in the yard, the swimming pool is almost 100 times more likely to kill…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-levitt/if-you-own-a-gun-and-have-a-swimming-pool-in-the-yard-the-swimming/)

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> [As I see it, most major philanthropists have been bullied into giving. They feel social pressure to give. It has become a cost of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-levitt/as-i-see-it-most-major-philanthropists-have-been-bullied-into-giving/)

[Steven Levitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-levitt/)

> [I do think that the standard media is controlled by the conventional wisdom about global warming. We've come to believe - from reading a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-levitt/i-do-think-that-the-standard-media-is-controlled-by-the-conventional/)

[Steven Levitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-levitt/)

> [Good social media is authentic. What makes social media work is actually having something to say.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-levitt/good-social-media-is-authentic-what-makes-social-media-work-is/)

[Steven Levitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-levitt/)

> [Data, I think, is one of the most powerful mechanisms for telling stories. I take a huge pile of data and I try to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-levitt/data-i-think-is-one-of-the-most-powerful-mechanisms-for-telling/)

[Steven Levitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-levitt/)

> [If you really accept that global warming puts the world at risk, then you think you would be open to any solution that could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-levitt/if-you-really-accept-that-global-warming-puts-the-world-at-risk-then/)

[Steven Levitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-levitt/)

> [Go out and collect data and, instead of having the answer, just look at the data and see if the data tells you anything.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-levitt/go-out-and-collect-data-and-instead-of-having-the-answer-just-look-at/)

[Steven Levitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-levitt/)

> [I think the problem with schools is not too many incentives but too few. Because of tenure, teachers' unions, and the fact that teachers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-levitt/i-think-the-problem-with-schools-is-not-too-many-incentives-but-too/)

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