I rely a great deal on animal instincts.

America felt victorious and generous after World War II. They had also learned from the mistakes after World War I when they imposed punishment on Germany. What became of Germany? A Nazi dictatorship which threatened the world. Today's Germany doesn't feel as prosperous and generous as America then. But actually, Germany still is very prosperous.

The main enemy of the open society, I believe, is no longer the communist but the capitalist threat.

Merkel has realized that the euro is not working, but she cannot change the narrative she has created because that narrative has caught the imagination of the German public, and the German public has accepted it.

Everything adds up to a major crisis. Humanity is faced with a global energy crisis ... The core of the crisis lies in the increasing shortage of oil.

The laissez-faire argument relies on the same tacit appeal to perfection as does communism.

The prevailing wisdom is that markets are always right. I take the opposite position. I assume that markets are always wrong.