“The issue of false consciousness is a genuinely difficult problem that has no definite solution. We should not approve of an unequal and brutal society because surveys show that people are happy. B...”

“Economics is a political argument. It is not and can never be a science; there are no objective truths in economics that can be established independently of political, and frequently moral, judge...”

“I would go one step further and say that the willingness to challenge professional economists - and other experts - should be the foundation of democracy. When you think about it, if all we have to...”

“As these contrasts show, capitalism has undergone enormous changes in the last two and a half centuries. While some of Smiths basic principles remain valid, they do so only at very general levels.F...”

“95% of economics is common sense”

“The invention of the printing press was one of the most important events in human history.”

“For example, the supporters of tariffs treat it as self-evident that the creation of jobs is a desirable end, in and of itself, regardless of what the persons employed do. That is clearly wrong. If...”

“It is not good for man to be kept perforce at all times in the presence of his species. A world from which solitude is extirpated is a very poor ideal. Solitude, in the sense of being often alone, ...”

“As technology accumulates and people in more parts of the planet become interdependent, the hatred between them tends to decrease, for the simple reason that you can't kill someone and trade with h...”

“I shiver, thinking how easy it is to be totally wrong about people-to see one tiny part of them and confuse it for the whole, to see the cause and think it's the effect or vice versa”

“At sunrise everything is luminous but not clear.”

“I think it's impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way they love themselves.”

“I always felt thrilled and amazed that I could put actor on my tax form.”

“The power to tax is the power to destroy.”

“It seems like the richer you are, the more chance you have of paying less tax.”