Advocate Quote by Ha-Joon Chang

“Any time people create a "black market" to avoid government regulation, they are engaged in, and promoting, free market economics.”

— Dave Champion

When people criticize the free market, they are usually complaining about what happens when you intervene in the free market.

— James Cook

Contrary to the claims of some of my critics and some of the editorial pages, I am an ardent believer in the free market.

— Barack Obama

“A major source of objection to a free economy is precisely that it ... gives people what they want instead of what a particular…

— Milton Friedman

“Our fundamental economic beliefs, which we have elevated from a conviction based on observation to an unquestioned truism, is that the free market is…

— Andy Grove

What most people really object to when they object to a free market is that it is so hard for them to shape it…

— Milton Friedman

The 'free market' is a creed that stirs up near religious devotion among its believers. It is in fact a con, a myth, a…

— Owen Jones

A major source of objection to a free economy is precisely that group thinks they ought to want. Underlying most arguments against the free…

— Milton Friedman

“It constantly amazes me that defenders of the free market are expected to offer certainty and perfection while government has only to make promises…

— Lawrence W. Reed

“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

Our popular economics writers, however, are not in the business of giving their readers a ringside seat on the research action; with no exception…

— Paul Krugman

“Like all fundamentalists who get their clammy hands on the levers of power, the market fanatics are going to kill off every humane, life-enhancing,…

— Philip Pullman