I've been a faithful reader of the great classical documents of economics, or tried to be. The first book in the field that I ever read was Principles of Economics by Alfred Marshall. I suppose subsequently I would have to pick out Keynes, Adam Smith, Marx.

The questions that are beyond the reach of economics-the beauty, dignity, pleasure and durability of life-may be inconvenient but they are important.

I've become accustomed to supporting politicians who are more conservative than I am. This is not entirely a surprise.

If all else fails immortality can always be assured by adequate error.

If anything is evident about people who manage money, it is that the task attracts a very low level of talent, one that is protected in its highly imperfect profession by the mystery that is thought to enfold the subject of economics in general and of money in particular.

Agriculture is one economic activity that does not obey the laws of demand and supply.

When everything else failed, we can still become immortal by making an enormous blunder.