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“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.”

Kind Philosophy Problem Political Social Liberty Capitalism Economics Organization Greed Harm Libertarian Arrangements Free Market Capitalism Social Organization

Book:Bright Promises, Dismal Performance: An Economist's Protest

Source: Bright Promises, Dismal Performance: An Economist's Protest

“All political arrangements, in that they have to bring a variety of widely-discordant interests into unity and harmony, necessarily occasion manifold collisions. From these collisions spring misproportions between men's desires and their powers; and from these, transgressions. The more active the State is, the greater is the number of these.”

Men States Political Desire Interest Numbers Greater Spring Harmony Unity Active Variety Occasions Arrangements Collision Transgression Manifold

Author:Wilhelm von Humboldt

“The most important causes of political arrangements and acts are found in the nature and behavior of man.”

Men Important Political Found Causes Behavior Arrangements

Book:Man, the State, and War: A Theoretical Analysis

Source: Man, the State, and War: A Theoretical Analysis