Benefits Quote by Peter Thiel

One of the appeals of markets, as a public philosophy, is they seem to spare us the need to engage in public arguments about…

— Michael Sandel

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

It is time that we dispensed with the myth that the market is a force of nature that should not be meddled with. Markets…

— Ha-Joon Chang

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 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

The market economy succeeds not because some people's interests are suppressed and other people are kept out of the market, but because people gain…

— Amartya Sen

Markets are not, in my opinion, a full solution to any problem. The obvious problem they don't meet is the concerns of the welfare…

— Kenneth Arrow

“And so, in the end, the question of markets is really a question about how we want to live together. Do we want a…

— Michael J. Sandel

Markets are designed to allow individuals to look after their private needs and to pursue profit. It's really a great invention, and I wouldn't…

— George Soros

As someone with a deep faith in competition and the market, I also know that markets only work with tough enforcement of the rules…

— Eliot Spitzer

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