It would be really great if I discovered a cure for cancer, but it would only be a little bit less great if my neighbor did. So I am pretty happy when my neighbor becomes wealthier, better educated and more innovative. I feel the same about China and India.

Conservatives have long argued, correctly, that 'fine-tuning' the economy is a chimera, but that argument seems to have disappeared from the conservative handbook.

Well-roundedness comes not from sitting in a classroom but from experiencing the larger world.

It seems to me that the price of eternal vigilance is liberty.

If China and India were as rich as the United States is today, the market for cancer drugs would be eight times larger than it is now.

College has been oversold. It has been oversold to students who end up dropping out or graduating with degrees that don't help them very much in the job market. It also has been oversold to the taxpayers, who foot the bill for subsidies that do nothing to encourage innovation and economic growth.

Going to college is neither necessary nor sufficient to be well-educated.