Economics Quote by Roger Scruton

“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

“When it comes to defending the economic viability of our nation, it is naïve to count on the honesty and integrity of people responsible…

— Ben Carson

“Instead of the benign competition to secure a market share, we discover a malign competition to externalize costs. The firm that can transfer its…

— Roger Scruton

“So why has this potentially self-destructive system of economic arrangements lasted? Probably because of habits of restraint, honesty and moderation which accompanied its emergence.”

— Tony Judt

America's sanctions policy is largely consistent and, in a certain sense, admirable. By applying economic restraints, we label the most oppressive and dangerous governments…

— Jacob Weisberg

“The most rewarding aspect of sanctions is that they foster self-reliance and uphold genuine independence from external influence.”

— Eduvie Donald

“To exploit is to take undue advantage of someone else’s need, whether that be unfair wages paid or unfair prices charged. I have just…

— Robert Peate

“The elimination of profit, whatever methods may be resorted to for its execution, must transform society into a senseless jumble.”

— Ludwig von Mises

“Unethical behavior significantly increases the cost of doing business.”

— Frank Sonnenberg

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

“Because every exchange is always a relationship, to get the most while giving the least is unjust, unethical, antisocial, abusive, perhaps 'evil.' Yet predatory…

— James Hillman

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

— Ha-Joon Chang