Character Quote by Steven D. Levitt

“As we suggested near the beginning of this book, if morality represents an ideal world, then economics represents the actual world.”

— Steven D. Levitt

Morality, it could be argued, represents the way that people would like the world to work, wheareas economics represents how it actually does work.

— Anonymous

“This, of course, is the big dance of capitalism: how to keep morality from gumming up the gears of profit, how to convince people…

— Steve Almond

Capitalism doesn't consider morality. It considers profitability.

— Steve Almond

Economics is not a morality play.

— Paul Krugman

“Apart from the economic value, money does have high moral value.”

— Amit Kalantri

Where there is politics or economics, there is no morality.

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

“morality... comes at a price.”

— Miguel Syjuco

“Morality is for everyone and that is what”

— alexander mccall smith

Capitalism actually encourages morality because capitalism can't function well if people can't trust each other and people aren't honest, if a deal isn't a…

— Rick Santorum

“Surely it is better that the immoral learn morality through adversity than that the moral forget morality in prosperity.”

— isaac asimov

“Morality negates life.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche