Institutions provide procedures through which human conduct is patterned, compelled to go, in grooves deemed desirable by society. And this trick is performed by making these grooves appear to the individual as the only possible ones. Peter L. Berger More Quotes by Peter L. Berger More Quotes From Peter L. Berger There is an intrinsic linkage between socialism and economic inefficiency. Peter L. Berger linkages socialism economic To be located in society means to be at the intersection point of specific social forces. Commonly one ignores these forces one also knows that there is not an awful lot that one can do about this. Peter L. Berger awful social mean Capitalism has been one of the most dynamic forces in human history, transforming one society after another, and today it has become established as an international system determining the economic fate of most of mankind. Peter L. Berger economic fate today