Quotulatiousness

October 5, 2021

QotD: Entrepreneurship

Filed under: Business, Economics, Quotations — Tags: , , — Nicholas @ 01:00

If entrepreneurs see value in the […] economic landscape, and perceive there are rich profits to be made in turning around businesses and then flogging them off, it is very good news indeed for the country’s economy. By releasing capital from uneconomic areas and focussing it on lucrative new bits, the overall pie gets bigger, jobs get created, and productivity is also increased.

In fact, one could almost create a new economic law: the amount of abuse raining down on entrepreneurs is directly proportional to the good they do. I haven’t seen much reason to doubt this law yet.

Johnathan Pearce, “Gordon Gekko goes to Germany”, Samizdata.net, 2005-05-05.

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