"Conformity can be costly in a world of……" — Douglass North
"Conformity can be costly in a world of uncertainty which requires innovative institutional creation because no one can know the right path to survival. Over time, the richer the cultural context in terms of providing multiple experimentation and creative competition, the more likely the successful survival of the society"
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24 Quotes by Douglass North
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To predict the future we would have to know today what we will learn tomorrow which will shape our future…
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While I was there I became deeply interested in photography, and indeed the most noteworthy event in my early life…
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Economists have the correct insight that economics is a theory of choice, the key to the story is the variety…
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The supremacy of Parliament and the embedding of property rights in Common Law put political power in the hands of…
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Our family life was certainly not intellectual.
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In 1972 I married again, to Elisabeth Case; she continues to be wife, companion, critic and editor: a partner in…
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My brother and sister are both older than I am and were born before my father went off to World…
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The evolution of government from its medieval, Mafia-like character to that embodying modern legal institutions and instruments is a major…
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I continue to be a photographer; I have enjoyed fishing and hunting with a close friend; and have owned two…
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It was not until I got my first job, at the University of Washington in Seattle, and began playing chess…
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What the war did was give me the opportunity of three years of continuous reading, and it was in the…
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I learned to fly an airplane, and had my own airplane during the 1960s.
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I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself.
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They will come to learn in the end, at their own expense, that it is better to endure competition for…
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There is a charm in making a stew, to the unaccustomed cook, from the excitement of wondering what the result…
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No one intimidates me because I'm not trying to do what you do, because I can't do what you do.…
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But anybody who steps into the lane beside you is the biggest competition because they made it to the finals.
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Like getting into a bleeding competition with a blood bank.
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