Now, I only play very occasionally, and in fact, more piano than clarinet or sax.

...our market system depends critically on trust-trust in the word of our colleagues and trust in the word of those with whom we do business.

Before I met Ayn Rand, I was a logical positivist, and accordingly, I didn't believe in absolutes, moral or otherwise. If I couldn't prove a proposition with facts and figures, it was without merit.

Deficit spending is simply a scheme for the confiscation of wealth.

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.

The very nature of finance is that it cannot be profitable unless it is significantly leveraged... and as long as there is debt, there can be failure and contagion.

If I've made myself clear, I've misspoken.