Quote by Douglass North
"Institutional reform succeeds when it builds on existing informal norms rather than attempting to impose entirely new ones."
More from Douglass North
"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."