Milton Friedman

United States
31 Jul 1912 // 16 Nov 2006
Economist

Few trends could so thoroughly undermine the very foundations of our free society as the acceptance by corporate officials of a social responsibility other than to make as much money for their stockholders as possible.

Capitalism and Freedom (1962)

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