Quote by Douglass North
"We inherit institutions from the past, but we must continually adapt them."
"We inherit institutions from the past, but we must continually adapt them."
"Institutions are the humanly devised constraints that shape human interaction."
"The performance of economies over time is determined by institutions and institutional change."
"Ideas have consequences, and the ideas we hold shape the institutions we create."
"Economic history is fundamentally about understanding how societies organize production and exchange."