Better Quote by Paul Romer

“As Adam Smith argued more than two centuries ago, when individuals freely pursue their own self-interests—presumably, even their most trivial desires—the aggregate effect is…

— Paul Roberts

The greater productivity of work under the division of labor is a unifying influence. It leads men to regard each other as comrades in…

— Ludwig von Mises

In a market economy with the division and specialization of labor, people use others as means to achieve their ends. This is the essence…

— Stephan Kinsella

Look at labor policy. What's the point of making everybody work too much? It's not very useful. It is destroying the planet, actually. But…

— David Graeber

What good does the theory [of economics] do if it is not working for people?

— Muhammad Yunus

The entire point of life is to find ways to get others to do your work for you. Don’t you know anything about basic…

— Brandon Sanderson

The greatest improvement in the productive powers of labour, and the greater part of the skill, dexterity, and judgment with which it is anywhere…

— Adam Smith

You can pay certain people more money and stuff but that's just going to be a transfer from one group to another. The only…

— Charles Koch

The sharper the competition, the better it serves its social function to improve economic production.

— Ludwig von Mises

It is something of a miracle that individual selfish decisions (in a market economy) must lead to a collectively efficient outcome.

— Steven Landsburg

If companies shared profits with their workers, employers and employees would have a greater mutual interest in each other's success.

— David Lammy

Economy: cutting down other people's wages.

— J. B. Morton