Business Quote by Mitt Romney

The invisible hand in politics operates in the opposite direction to the invisible hand in the market.

— Milton Friedman

The invisible hand is not perfect. Indeed, the invisible hand is a little bit arthritic ... I'm a believer in free markets, but I…

— W. Brian Arthur

The alternative to the market process is government control, and we know where that principle leads.

— Sheldon Richman

People do not choose a government that will bring the market within their control; instead, the market in every way conditions governments to bring…

— Zygmunt Bauman

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

— Ha-Joon Chang

“The markets in the long run are no doubt driven by fundamental economic laws—if the United States runs a persistent trade deficit, the dollar…

— Michael Lewis

The moment that government appears at market, the principles of the market will be subverted.

— Edmund Burke

“We need to crush the Invisible Hand. The economy isn't a natural phenomenon. It is just a tool or a mean, that should be…

— Jean Ziegler

“A market need no longer be run by the Invisible Hand, but now could create itself-its own logic, momentum, style, from inside. Putting the…

— Thomas Pynchon

The more heavily the government regulates the market, the more competition is impeded.

— Alex Kozinski

A republican government is slow to move, yet when once in motion, its momentum becomes irresistible.

— Thomas Jefferson

The fact that the market is not doing what we wish it would do is no reason to automatically assume that the government would…

— Thomas Sowell