These are the days when men of all social disciplines and all political faiths seek the comfortable and the accepted; when the man of controversy is looked upon as a disturbing influence; when originality is taken to be a mark of instability; and when, in minor modification of the original parable, the bland lead the bland.

Inflation does not lubricate trade but by rescuing traders from their errors of optimism or stupidity.

We have escapist fiction, so why not escapist biography?

I'm certainly going to support Al Gore because, on the whole, he's the more sensible figure and you vote not for the perfect but for the best. Coupled with that is a special situation.

Politics is the art of choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable.

Economics exists to make astrology look respectable.

The salary of the chief executive of a large corporation is not a market award for achievement. It is frequently in the nature of a warm personal gesture by the individual to himself.