There are different ways to organise capitalism. Free-market capitalism is only one of them-and not a very good one at that.

Once you realize that trickle-down economics does not work, you will see the excessive tax cuts for the rick as what they are -- a simple upward redistribution of income, rather than a way to make all of us richer, as we were told.

Manufacturing is the most important...route to prosperity.

A well-designed welfare state can actually encourage people to take chances with their jobs and be more, not less, open to changes.

Corruption exists because there is too much, not too little, market.

Above a certain level of income, the relative value of material consumption vis-a-vis leisure time is diminished, so earning a higher income at the cost of working longer hours may reduce the quality of your life. More importantly, the fact that the citizens of a country work longer than others in comparable countries does not necessarily mean that they like working longer hours. They may be compelled to work long hours, even if they actually want to take longer holidays.

We are not smart enough to leave things to the market.