The market economy succeeds not because some people's interests are suppressed and other people are kept out of the market, but because people gain individual advantage from it. (Amartya Sen)

The market economy succeeds not because some people's interests are suppressed and other people are kept out of the market, but because people gain individual advantage from it.

Amartya Sen

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