I'm not saying [economic] growth is wrong, but throughout the years of growth, many things didn't get better. ... If you look at America, the proportion of Americans with no one to talk to about important things went up from a tenth to a quarter.

A lot of people in government don't really read books at all.

In Britain, polls show large majorities in favour of mansion taxes and higher taxes on the finance sector.

Understanding capitalism is in some ways simple. At its best, capitalism rewards creators, makers and providers: the people and firms that create valuable things for others, like imaginative technologies and good food, cars and drugs.

The longer you commute the less happy you're likely to be.

Democratic nation states remain far more capable of managing the circuit of coercion, taxation and legitimation than any transnational bodies.

Everyone knows of great projects that were too dependent on a charismatic individual, or simply too expensive to be replicated.