The lack of economic freedom could be a very major reason for loss of liberty, liberty of life.

I remain instinctively hostile to communitarian philosophy and communitarian politics.

We live in a world community, and economic contact has partly contributed to that. It’s also the case that economic opportunity opened up by economic contact has helped to a great extent to reduce poverty in many parts of the world.

One has to be realistic. One’s concern for equity and justice in the world must not carry one into the alien territory of unreasoned belief. That’s very important.

A society can be Pareto optimal and still perfectly disgusting.

There is considerable evidence that women's education and literacy tend to reduce the mortality rates of children

We might have reason to be driven! We live for a short stretch of time in a world we share with others. Virtually everything we do is dependent on others, from the arts and culture to farmers who grow the food we eat.