Quote by Milton Friedman
What kind of society isnt structured on greed? The problem of soci

What kind of society isnt structured on greed? The problem of social organization is how to set up an arrangement under which greed will do the least harm; capitalism is that kind of a system. – Milton Friedman

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The only way that has ever been discovered to have a lot of people cooperate together voluntarily is through the free market. And thats why its so essential to preserving individual freedom. – Milton Friedman

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Freedom
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A major source of objection to a free economy is precisely that group thinks they ought to want. Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself. – Milton Friedman

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Freedom
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So that the record of history is absolutely crystal clear. That there is no alternative way, so far discovered, of improving the lot of the ordinary people that can hold a candle to the productive activities that are unleashed by a free enterprise system. – Milton Friedman

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Capitalism without bankruptcy is like Christianity without hell. – Frank Borman

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The dynamics of capitalism is postponement of enjoyment to the constantly postponed future. – Norman O. Brown

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Capitalists are no more capable of self-sacrifice than a man is capable of lifting himself up by his own bootstraps. – Lenin (Vladimir Ulyanov)

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Our alternative is either to stick to a moral tradition which we haven – Friedrich A. Hayek

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