Corruption is government intrusion into market efficiencies in the form of regulations.
Milton FriedmanA society that puts equality before freedom will get neither. A society that puts freedom before equality will get a high degree of both.
Milton FriedmanThe important issue is not how much inequality there is but how much opportunity there is for individuals to get out of the bottom classes and into the top. If there is enough movement upward, people will accept the efficiency of the markets. If you have opportunity, there is a great tolerance for inequality. That has been the saving grace of the American system.
Milton Friedman