
“Political science is the study of the authoritative allocation of values for a society.”
The Political System: An Inquiry into the State of Political Science (1953)
Source: "Entrepreneurship: Productive, unproductive, and destructive," 1996, p. 3
“Political science is the study of the authoritative allocation of values for a society.”
The Political System: An Inquiry into the State of Political Science (1953)
Vol. I, Ch. 13: "Machinery and Big Industry".
(Buch I) (1867)
Source: Organization design: An information processing view, 1977, p. 21
1980s, GNU Manifesto (1985)
Source: "Transforming traditional agriculture," 1964, p. 37
Source: (1962), Ch. 1 The Relation Between Economic Freedom and Political Freedom, p. 12
To Barack Obama, as quoted in The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream (2006), Ch. 5
Context: I happen to have a talent for allocating capital. But my ability to use that talent is completely dependent on the society I was born into. If I’d been born into a tribe of hunters, this talent of mine would be pretty worthless. I can’t run very fast. I’m not particularly strong. I’d probably end up as some wild animal’s dinner.
But I was lucky enough to be born in a time and place where society values my talent, and gave me a good education to develop that talent, and set up the laws and the financial system to let me do what I love doing — and make a lot of money doing it. The least I can do is help pay for all that.
Source: Principles of Economics (1998-), Ch. 1. Ten Principles of Economics; p. 4