Ludwig von Mises: "The market economy was not devised by a master mind; it was not first planned as an utopian scheme and then put to work." - The Ultimate Foundation of Economic Science
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| Ludwig von Mises | The notions of abnormality and perversity therefore have no place in economics. It does not say that a man is perverse because he prefers the disagreeable, the detrimental, and the painful to the agreeable, the beneficial and the pleasant. | Human Action | p. 95; p. 95 | Perversity |