Justice Quotes
What is fair? What is right? Voices from history weigh in on the most fundamental human question.
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"Innovation without inclusion is just extraction."Susan Athey
"Markets work best when all participants have access to the same information."Eric Maskin
"Fair outcomes require fair processes."Eric Maskin
"Economic inequality often stems from information asymmetries."Eric Maskin
"Efficiency and equity need not be in conflict with proper design."Eric Maskin
"Just outcomes require just mechanisms."Eric Maskin
"Economics provides a framework for thinking about fairness."Eric Maskin
"Every mechanism has winners and losers; that's why design matters."Eric Maskin
"Fairness in outcomes begins with fairness in process."Eric Maskin
"Fiscal policy is ultimately about choices: who benefits, who bears the cost, and what kind of society we want to build."Stefania Albanesi
"Innovation without equity is just another form of exclusion."Stefania Albanesi
"Economic policy is ultimately moral policy dressed in technical language."Stefania Albanesi
"Comparative advantage explains why trade occurs, but doesn't address who gains and who loses."Stefania Albanesi
"Inflation hits hardest those with the least ability to absorb it."Stefania Albanesi
"Property rights are foundational, but the question of who gets to have property in the first place matters enormously."Stefania Albanesi
"Income inequality has grown; opportunity inequality has grown faster."Stefania Albanesi
"Economic justice requires not just redistribution but transformation of how wealth is generated."Stefania Albanesi
"Economic justice is possible only if we see economics as a moral question, not merely a technical one."Stefania Albanesi
"Corporate governance fails when those in power forget they serve stakeholders, not themselves."Jean Tirole
"Competition works best when it competes fairly."Jean Tirole
"Efficiency without equity breeds resentment and instability."Jean Tirole
"The purpose of competition policy is to protect competition, not competitors."Jean Tirole
"Power without accountability is the oldest corruption."Jean Tirole
"Those who profit from information must bear the cost of its concealment."Jean Tirole
"Economic justice requires not equality of outcomes, but fairness of opportunity."Jean Tirole
"Competition creates efficiency only when rules prevent predation."Jean Tirole
"Antitrust is not about size; it is about abuse of size."Jean Tirole
"We design systems for people with plenty and blame those without."Sendhil Mullainathan
"We design safety nets for people with stability and judge those without it."Sendhil Mullainathan
"We need systems that work for people under stress, not judgment of those experiencing it."Sendhil Mullainathan