Anita Roddick: Heartfelt Economics
on Wednesday, April 18, 2012Anita Roddick Money Quotation saying The stock market has no concern for feelings or emotions even though investors control the finances of the world. Anita Roddick said:
“The market controls everything, but the market has no heart” — Anita Roddick
The quote “The market controls everything, but the market has no heart” by Anita Roddick refers to the limitations of free market capitalism when it comes to addressing social and moral issues.
Roddick is pointing out that while market forces and economic incentives dominate much of society and decision making, the market is concerned only with profits and efficiency, not with values like compassion, fairness or community well-being.
According to Roddick’s view, relying solely on the market ignores important non-financial considerations since the market is indifferent to humanistic or ethical concerns by its design.
The quote suggests that for a system to be truly healthy and balanced, the “heart” or conscience of humanism must also have a role in complementing and tempering the objectives of the profit motive that currently “controls everything.”
Birthday: October 23, 1942 – Death: September 10, 2007