Character Quote by Daniel Bell

But Adam Smith was a philosopher as well as well as an economist, famous in his time as much for his Theory of Moral…

— Paul Ormerod

“The disposition to admire, and almost to worship, the rich and the powerful, and to despise, or, at least, to neglect persons of poor…

— David Cay Johnston

“What conclusion is to be drawn from this paradox so worthy of being born in our time; and what will become of virtue when…

— Jean Jaques Rousseau

“As we suggested near the beginning of this book, if morality represents an ideal world, then economics represents the actual world.”

— Steven D. Levitt

“ An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations , which Smith published in 1776, is the most important book…

— Jerry Z. Muller

“Adam Smith FRSE (baptised June 5, 1723 O.S. / June 16 N.S. – July 17, 1790) was a Scottish moral philosopher and a pioneering…

— Adam Smith

Adam Smith saw the greed of modern capitalism for what it was - a form of destructive ambition that may have favorable effects on…

— Allen W. Wood

“The moral justification of capitalism is man’s right to exist for his own sake, neither sacrificing himself to others nor sacrificing others to himself;…

— Ayn Rand

“The virtue of capitalism is that society can take advantage of people’s greed rather than their benevolence, but there is no need to, in…

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“Perhaps it is time for humanity to realize that noble ends can only be attained through ethical means.”

— Sahar El-Nadi

“Americans were the first to understand that wealth has to be created. The words ‘to make money’ hold the essence of human morality.”

— Ayn Rand

“Capitalism is astonishingly efficient at generating new wealth, but it operates beneficently only when the market is shaped by moral forces coming from both…

— Charles W. Colson