Been Quote by Ha-Joon Chang

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 same is true for the market economy: the power of markets is enormous, but they have no inherent moral character. We have to…

— Joseph Stiglitz

People decide what markets should do - they are not a force of nature.

— David Rolf

Markets are useful instruments for organizing productive activity. But unless we want to let the market rewrite the norms that govern social institutions, we…

— Anonymous

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

The market is not a place, a thing, or a collective entity. It is a process.

— Ludwig von Mises

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

Bearing in mind that "the market" is not an invention of capitalism but that it has existed for thousands of years in many different…

— Alfred-Maurice de Zayas

“The forces of the market are just that: They are forces; they are like the wind and the tides; they are things that if…

— Arnold Harberger

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

The market is not a place, a thing, or a collective entity. The market is a process, actuated by the interplay of the actions…

— Ludwig von Mises

“Market without competition impedes its' dynamics.”

— Toba Beta