I come from Main Street, from a small town that's really depressed.

Economics is a very difficult subject. I've compared it to trying to learn how to repair a car when the engine is running.

I am very proud of my nerd-dom.

The U.S. government has a technology, called a printing press (or, today, its electronic equivalent), that allows it to produce as many U.S. dollars as it wishes at essentially no cost.

Over the years, the U.S. economy has shown a remarkable ability to absorb shocks of all kinds, to recover, and to continue to grow. Flexible and efficient markets for labor and capital, an entrepreneurial tradition, and a general willingness to tolerate and even embrace technological and economic change all contribute to this resiliency.

I'd throw dollars out of helicopters if I had to, to stimulate the economy.

The GSEs are adequately capitalized. They are in no danger of failing.