Ask five economists and you'll get five different answers (six if one went to Harvard).

Ask five economists and you'll get five different answers (six if one went to Harvard).

We may not be able to offer long-term employment, but we should try to offer long-term employability.

We may not be able to offer long-term employment, but we should try to offer long-term employability.

Honor sinks where commerce long prevails.

Honor sinks where commerce long prevails.

Perhaps the most widespread misunderstanding of economics is that it applies solely to financial transactions. Frequently this leads to statements read more

Perhaps the most widespread misunderstanding of economics is that it applies solely to financial transactions. Frequently this leads to statements that "there are noneconomic values" to consider. There are, of course, noneconomic values. Indeed, there are only noneconomic values. Economics is not a value itself but merely a method of trading off one value against another.

By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.

By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.

We live in a time of transition, an uneasy era which is likely to endure for the rest of this read more

We live in a time of transition, an uneasy era which is likely to endure for the rest of this century. During the period we may be tempted to abandon some of the time-honored principles and commitments which have been proven during the difficult times of past generations. We must never yield to this temptation. Our American values are not luxuries, but necessities - not the salt in our bread, but the bread itself.
in his farewell address.

Entrepreneurship is the last refuge of the trouble making individual.

Entrepreneurship is the last refuge of the trouble making individual.

It takes all the fun out of a bracelet if you have to buy it yourself.

It takes all the fun out of a bracelet if you have to buy it yourself.

Prices are important not because money is considered paramount but because prices are a fast and effective conveyor of information read more

Prices are important not because money is considered paramount but because prices are a fast and effective conveyor of information through a vast society in which fragmented knowledge must be coordinated.