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We do not assert that the capitalist mode of economic calculation guarantees the absolutely best solution of the allocation of factors of production. Such…

— Ludwig von Mises

“The economists exploded the old tenets: that it is unfair and unjust to outdo a competitor by producing better and cheaper goods; that it…

— Ludwig von Mises

We absolutely have to restrain concentrations of wealth in industry from spoiling the situation for everybody.

— William Weld

By elevating the dictum of the market to the role of the sole criterion of rationality and efficiency, economics denies even all "respectability" to…

— Paul A. Baran

“Economic growth is quite simply incapable of satisfying this democratic and meritocratic hope, which must create specific institutions for the purpose and not rely…

— Thomas Piketty

“The ability of economic institutions to harness the potential of inclusive markets, encourage technological innovation, invest in people, and mobilize the talents and skills…

— Daron Acemoğlu

There can be economy only where there is efficiency.

— Benjamin Disraeli

Economic activity, especially the activity of a market economy, cannot be conducted in an institutional, juridical or political vacuum. On the contrary, it presupposes…

— Pope John Paul II

Few economic problems, if any, are difficult of solution. The difficulty, all but invariably, is in confronting them. We know what needs to be…

— John Kenneth Galbraith

We need an economics fit for purpose in a finite and entropic world.

— Herman E. Daly

A real economic development policy would address the root issues hampering business growth, like access to credit and marketplaces so dominated by giant companies…

— Zephyr Teachout

It is impossible to understand the history of economic thought if one does not pay attention to the fact that economics as such is…

— Ludwig von Mises