The profit motive, indecorous though it may seem, may represent the best chance the poor have to reap some of globalization's benefits.

Standards wars involve lots of variables, and understanding them often seems more an art than a science. They generally involve just two big players, and end in a winner-take-all situation.

Nike used to be known as Blue Ribbon Sports. What's now Sara Lee used to be Consolidated Foods. And Exxon was once Standard Oil Company of New Jersey. These were name changes that worked. But for all the ones that do, there are 10 or 20 that don't.

The business of America shouldn't be subsidizing business.

Procrastination also can be a way of self-handicapping: if you don't do a great job, you can always say to yourself, "If I'd only started sooner, I'd have been able to produce something excellent."

I think people don't understand compound interest because typically no one ever explains it to them and the level of financial literacy in the US is very low.

Congressional Republicans themselves have vehemently defended the idea that preexisting conditions should not be used to deny people insurance.