Source: "The Distribution of Control and Responsibility in a Modern Economy", 1935, p. 59; lead paragraph
“Certainly if the fundamental problem of society is that demands are infinite and resources are always limited, politics, not economics is the master science.”
A Footnote To Rally The Academic, p. 164.
In Defence Of Politics (Second Edition) – 1981
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British political theorist and democratic socialist 1929–2008Related quotes

A World Restored: Metternich, Castlereagh and the Problems of Peace, 1812-22 (1957), p. 206
Paraphrased variant: The most fundamental problem of politics is not the control of wickedness but the limitation of righteousness.
Quoted by Walter Isaacson, " Henry Kissinger Reminds Us Why Realism Matters http://time.com/3275385/henry-kissinger/", Time, 4 September 2014
1950s

1990s, Our March to Freedom is Irreversible (1990)
Source: "The limitations of scientific method in economics", 1924, p. 97 (2009 edition); Lead paragraph

Frisch, (1946, p. 1), as quoted in: " Ragnar Frisch 1895-1995 https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/doc/doc_199403.pdf." O. Bjerkholt, 1994.
1940-60s

Source: Principles of Economics (1998-), Ch. 1. Ten Principles of Economics; p. 4