If every rich person gave 50 percent of their wealth to charity, I would not say they should pay more taxes.

Of course, speculation will always make a crisis worse. If there is a weak point, it will expose it.

An open society calls itself open to improvement. It is based on the recognition that people have divergent views and interests, and that nobody is in possession of the ultimate truth.

President George W. Bush is endangering the United States and the world's safety while undermining American values.

Once a trend is established it tends to persist and to run it’s full course.

Who most benefits from keeping marijuana illegal? The greatest beneficiaries are the major criminal organizations in Mexico and elsewhere that earn billions of dollars annually from this illicit trade - and who would rapidly lose their competitive advantage if marijuana were a legal commodity.

Money values do not simply mirror the state of affairs in the real world; valuation is a positive act that makes an impact on the course of events. Monetary and real phenomena are connected in a reflexive fashion; that is, they influence each other mutually. The reflexive relationship manifests itself most clearly in the use and abuse of credit.