The cold, commercial word 'market' disguises its human character - a market is a collection of our aspirations, exertions, choices and desires.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
There are values of humanity, culture, beauty, community that may require deviations from the cold logic of market theory.
Every market has some rules and boundaries that restrict freedom of choice. A market looks free only because we so unconditionally accept its underlying restrictions that we fail to see them.
The world of marketing is all about trends and the ability of marketers to identify and cultivate them.
There can never be such a thing as a free market, because it is human nature to cheat, monopolize, and buy off others so as to corner the market.
I love the market, it is my work, my play and my life.
Markets work when people can evaluate the prices and risks of different products, then pick the ones that work best for them. But when the terms of the deal are hidden, competition doesn't work. And customers aren't the only ones who are hurt.
Marketing is designed to bring people into something.
Most marketers think there's a concept called a product life cycle. Once you realize that the world is organized by jobs that need to be done, you understand that product life cycles don't exist.
People think the free market is a philosophy, they think that it is a creed. It is none of those things. Free market is a bathroom scale, it is a measuring tape, it's simply a measurement.
A society is not a market. It is a political community.