“There was no simple riddance to the power of a dangerous political idea; no assassination possible to avert a disruptive change in technology; no natural death to be counted on to stop an economic change that ripped up ancestral estates or stirred up class discontent.” IdeasPoliticalNaturalSimpleClassTechnologyEconomicDangerousEstatesDiscontentAssassinationRippedDisruptiveAvertNatural DeathEconomic ChangeRiddance Author:Robert Heilbroner
“Smith, as we have said, was not the proponent of any one class. He was a slave to his system. His whole economic philosophy stemmed from his unquestioning faith in the ability of the market to guide the system to its point of highest return. The market — that wonderful social machine — would take care of society's needs if it was left alone. "Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production," he wrote.” IfsNeedsTryingPhilosophyWholeCareLeftSocialAbilityClassWonderfulEconomicProductsReturnLetting GoHighestCapitalismMachinesSlaveTake CareGuidesSelfishnessAdamLeft Alone Author:Robert Heilbroner
“The cure for capitalism's failing would require that a government would have to rise above the interests of one class alone.” GovernmentInterestClassFailingCapitalismCuresRise Above Book:The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times, and Ideas of the Great Economic Thinkers Source: The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times, and Ideas of the Great Economic Thinkers
