We tend to think markets are natural, but they are construct... - Eric Maskin

"We tend to think markets are natural, but they are constructions—and we can build better ones."

Eric Maskin Power

Economist Theorist American Born 1950 (age 76)

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"The beauty of mechanism design is that it aligns individual incentives with social outcomes."

"Information asymmetry is one of the most challenging problems in economics."

"Markets work best when all participants have access to the same information."

"Game theory teaches us that rational behavior doesn't always lead to optimal outcomes."

"Power without control is just destruction."

"Power is not about control, it's about influence"

"The world doesn't need me to be the hero. It just needs me to be dangerous."

"The claws come out when I need them to."