The global crisis is caused by pathologies inherent in the global financial system itself.

I commissioned two political experts to advise me about what I could do to oppose the re-election of President Bush.

The eurozone status quo is neither tolerable nor stable. Mainstream economists would call it an inferior equilibrium; I call it a nightmare - one that is inflicting tremendous pain and suffering that could be easily avoided if the misconceptions and taboos that sustain it were dispelled.

I contend that financial markets never reflect the underlying reality accurately; they always distort it in some way or another and the distortions find expression in market prices. Those distortions can, occasionally, find ways to affect the fundamentals that market prices are supposed to reflect.

Most of the poverty and misery in the world is due to bad government, lack of democracy, weak states, internal strife, and so on.

Every bubble consists of a trend that can be observed in the real world and a misconception relating to that trend. The two elements interact with each other in a reflexive manner.

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