But we can also take the radical view that the test of an economy has to do with the extent to which it is providing everybody with a decent means of living.

The professional study of economics has become ideological brainwashing. It is a defense of the excesses of the capitalist system.

Money is a mechanism for control.

Wall Street sees a social fabric or social contract as inefficiencies, which need to be removed.

As long as you have a system that is based on the rational that if you are making money you are thereby making a contribution to society, these financial rogue practices will continue.

The first principle of the market economy is that it is comprised of many small buyers and sellers, which implies a substantial degree of equity. Another fundamental market principle is that costs are internalized in the producer's price.

Money is not wealth. Money is a claim on wealth.