Ralph [ Nader] is an old friend of mine, and he does a useful job in displaying a position.

Happiness does not require an expanding economy

We can safely abandon the doctrine of the eighties, namely that the rich were not working because they had too little money, the poor because they had much.

There can be no question, however, that prolonged commitment to mathematical exercises in economics can be damaging. It leads to the atrophy of judgement and intuition. . .

There's no question that in my lifetime, the contrast between what I called private affluence and public squalor has become very much greater. What do we worry about? We worry about our schools. We worry about our public recreational facilities. We worry about our law enforcement and our public housing. All of the things that bear upon our standard of living are in the public sector.

My rule on honorary degrees has always been to have one more than Arthur Schlesinger Jr.

Faced with having to change our views or prove that there is no need to do so, most of us immediately get busy on the proof.