The current financial crisis in the US is likely to be judged in retrospect as the most wrenching since the end of the Second World War.

These days, even out of office, I still read economic reports.

The need for values is inbred. Their content is not.

I cannot conceive of a politically feasible solution to this problem which will overdo cutting the deficit, where overdoing means harming the economy. It might be technically possible, but it is not realistic.

Well, you probably will always believe there should be laws against fraud, and I don't think there is any need for a law against fraud.

Gold, unlike all other commodities, is a currency...and the major thrust in the demand for gold is not for jewelry. It's not for anything other than an escape from what is perceived to be a fiat money system, paper money, that seems to be deteriorating.

I love facts and figures. It's like following a detective story, piecing together what's going on in the economy.