Economics Quote by Karl Polanyi

“No market economy can function properly without the support of legal and moral sanctions, designed to hold individual agents to their bargains, and to…

— Roger Scruton

“Market without competition impedes its' dynamics.”

— Toba Beta

“The market economy is delivering miracles by the minute and yet we hardly notice or care; worse, we denounce the realization of this dream…

— Jeffrey Tucker

“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

“Commerce does not have to be a ruthless, brutal enterprise that damages people’s lives. It can be a source of happiness, healing, and hope.”

— Brian de Haaff

“In a way, finance was even better than art. It was nothing but an expression of potential, of power, of our present moment in…

— Jade Chang

“We need to maintain law and order. We need to maintain peace in the world. We need to protect the environment. We need to…

— George Soros

“An economics of systems only-an economics of markets but not of men-is fatally flawed.”

— George Gilder

“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

“Keeping people in a constant state of lack, in perpetual desire, strengthens the marketplace economy.”

— Bell Hooks

The market system is the basis of our civilization. Its only alternative is the Führer principle.

— Ludwig von Mises

“A rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything.”

— Steven D. Levitt