Jon Elster Quotes

The basic postulate from which I start is that the goal of the social sciences is the liberation of man.

In anger, my hostility is directed toward another's action and can be extinguished by getting even - an action that reestablishes the equilibrium.

The investigation of this problem - How is spontaneous order possible? - is sometimes referred to as the 'Hayek programme'.

Reduction is at the heart of progress in science.