Crucial Quote by Cornel West

Since the dawn of civilization, markets have been ubiquitous. Many of us have benefited from their focus and efficiency. Yet two widely held beliefs…

— Howard Gardner

“Market without competition impedes its' dynamics.”

— Toba Beta

It is time that we dispensed with the myth that the market is a force of nature that should not be meddled with. Markets…

— Ha-Joon Chang

Markets also have a very bad psychological effect. They drive people to a conception of themselves and society in which you're only after your…

— Noam Chomsky

Markets are a social construction, they're made from institutions. We in a democratic society create markets, we constitute markets, we bring them into existence,…

— Douglas Massey

The thing about markets, and I think the thing people don't understand about that, is markets are not kind, but they're very efficient. So…

— Randy Neugebauer

For many, perhaps most, Americans, markets are sacrosanct. Most people in the United States cannot even envision a society that doesn't revolve around an…

— Howard Gardner

Markets work when people can evaluate the prices and risks of different products, then pick the ones that work best for them. But when…

— Elizabeth Warren

The reality is sometimes markets don't exist for very good reasons. It might be that there isn't a deep customer need. Or the economic…

— Scott D. Anthony

Markets are not, in my opinion, a full solution to any problem. The obvious problem they don't meet is the concerns of the welfare…

— Kenneth Arrow

Contrary to the received wisdom, global markets are not unregulated. They are regulated to produce inequality.

— Kevin Watkins

We think of prices as simply the notation of how much we must pay for things. But the price system accomplishes far more than…

— Sheldon Richman