Why I've never been that fond of politics and only got into it recently kicking and screaming, because I don't think politicians are going to reverse the trajectory of this country. I think it's going to depend on the American people understanding what is fair and what makes their lives better.

We must measure what leads to results, not simply what is easy to measure.

A truly free society is based on a vision of respect for people and what they value.

If you have methods without principles, you're going to have trouble. But if you develop methods based on principles, then you can make progress.

Economy is so riddled with corporate welfare and anti-competitive regulations, anti-innovation regulations. Regulations that are destroying opportunities for the disadvantaged, which is creating this two-tiered system we're headed for which has which is destroying opportunities for the disadvantaged and creating welfare for the wealthy.

They say your genetics are going to set your direction regardless of what happens, but I think there's more to it than that.

If people are teaching economics, they need to teach all the different disciplines, all the different schools in economics. They can't just teach one because then the person isn't equipped to deal with the economics profession.