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In the advanced economies, I would say: To avoid mass unemployment, poverty and widening inequality.

— Robert Solow

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Source: on question "In what sphere of life, if any, do you think it most important to limit the influence of market forces?", in "Nobel Laureates Offer Views on the Economy", Wall Street Journal (Sept. 3, 2004)
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