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"Morality represents the way that people would like the world to work, whereas economics represents how it actually does work."

— Steven D. Levitt

Morality Represents The Way That People Would Like The World To Work Whereas Ec

Morality represents the way that people would like the world to work, whereas economics represents how it actually does work.

— Steven D. Levitt
From Freakonomics
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Freakonomics, Chapter 1

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