Taxation WITH representation ain't so hot either.

Taxation WITH representation ain't so hot either.

The greatest productive force is human selfishness.

The greatest productive force is human selfishness.

If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion.

If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion.

Many of the products which create a modern standard of living are only the physical incorporations of ideas- not only read more

Many of the products which create a modern standard of living are only the physical incorporations of ideas- not only the ideas of an Edison or a Ford but the ideas of innumerable anonymous people who figure out the design of supermarkets, the location of gasoline stations, and the million mundane things on which our material well-being depends. Societies which have more people carrying out physical acts and fewer people supplying ideas do not have higher standards of living. Quite the contrary.

The only point in making money is, you can tell some big shot where to go.

The only point in making money is, you can tell some big shot where to go.

Whoever originated the cliche that money is the root of all evil knew hardly anything about the nature of evil read more

Whoever originated the cliche that money is the root of all evil knew hardly anything about the nature of evil and very little about human beings.

Prosperity is living easily and happily in the real world, whether you have money or not.

Prosperity is living easily and happily in the real world, whether you have money or not.

Most people...find a disorientating mismatch between the long-term nature of their liabilities and the increasingly short-term nature of their assets.

Most people...find a disorientating mismatch between the long-term nature of their liabilities and the increasingly short-term nature of their assets.

An economist's guess is liable to be as good as anybody else's.

An economist's guess is liable to be as good as anybody else's.