I've always argued that this country has benefited immensely from the fact that we draw people from all over the world.

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

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.

We need, in effect, to make the phantom 'lock-boxes' around the trust fund real.

The recent period has been marked by a transformation to an economy that is more productive as competitive forces become increasingly intense and new technologies raise the efficiency of our businesses...While these tendencies were no doubt in train in the "old," pre-1990s economy, they accelerated over the past decade as a number of technologies with their roots in the cumulative innovations of the past half-century began to yield dramatic economic returns.

If we allow terrorism to undermine our freedom of action, we could reverse at least part of the palpable gains achieved by postwar globalization. It is incumbent upon us not to allow that to happen.

Gold still represents the ultimate form of payment in the world. Fiat money in extremis is accepted by nobody. Gold is always accepted.