We are all manufacturers. Making good, making trouble, or making excuses.

We are all manufacturers. Making good, making trouble, or making excuses.

It's the economy, stupid.

It's the economy, stupid.

The truth is that economic competition is the very opposite of competition in the animal kingdom. It is not a read more

The truth is that economic competition is the very opposite of competition in the animal kingdom. It is not a competition in the grabbing off of scarce nature-given supplies, as it is in the animal kingdom. Rather, it is a competition in the positive creation of new and additional wealth.

The City's reluctance to take a stand on an issue like the British Gas pay row makes a mockery of read more

The City's reluctance to take a stand on an issue like the British Gas pay row makes a mockery of corporate governance and shareholders' ability to influence annual general meetings. Institutions should be obliged to make public how they vote at such events. They should be obliged to provide customers with a record of how they vote on every kind of issue.

The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest amount of feathers with the read more

The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest amount of feathers with the least possible amount of hissing.

Debt is the worst poverty.

Debt is the worst poverty.

Above all, we wish to avoid having a dissatisfied customer. We consider our customers a part of our organization, and read more

Above all, we wish to avoid having a dissatisfied customer. We consider our customers a part of our organization, and we want them to feel free to make any criticism they see fit in regard to our merchandise or service. Sell practical, tested merchandise at reasonable profit, treat your customers like human beings -- and they will always come back.

Nothing hurts more than having to pay an income tax, unless it is not having to pay an income tax.

Nothing hurts more than having to pay an income tax, unless it is not having to pay an income tax.

Usually the greatest boasters are the smallest workers. The deep rivers pay a larger tribute to the sea than shallow read more

Usually the greatest boasters are the smallest workers. The deep rivers pay a larger tribute to the sea than shallow brooks, and yet empty themselves with less noise.