Driving force Quote by Friedrich Hayek

“It is telling commentary on economic orthodoxy that a whole subdiscipline--behavioral economics--and a raft of lab experiments are needed to show that humans often…

— Kaushik Basu

“... we may seek to impose severe restrictions upon what, how and when we engage with others so that the risks are statistically minimised.”

— Ernesto Spinelli

“Markets weed out inefficient practices, but only when no one has sufficient power to manipulate them.”

— Ha-Joon Chang

“We have become insensible to the human costs of apparently rational social policies, especially when we are advised that they will contribute to overall…

— Tony Judt

Experimentation has been the key factor in the success of Western capitalism

— Nathan Rosenberg

“at whatever point of the scientific horizon I start from, I invariably come to the same thing—the solution of the social problem is in…

— Frédéric Bastiat

“science of economics should focus on the best use of scarce means to satisfy social ends.”

— Daron Acemoğlu

“Market forces, not political majorities, will compel societies to reconfigure themselves in ways that public opinion will neither comprehend nor welcome.”

— James Dale Davidson

“We cannot afford to be discouraged from challenging the corporate control of our food system, our genetic commons, our shared resources, or our democracy.…

— Wenonah Hauter

“The problem is that the choice we make in the market don't fully reflect our values as citizens. We might make different choices if…

— Robert B. Reich

The notion that a society could be regulated entirely by market forces is a utopian fantasy: an impossible dream generated by imagining what the…

— David Graeber

“Wouldn't economics make a lot more sense if it were based on how people actually behave, instead of how they should behave?”

— Dan Ariely