I've been a faithful reader of the great classical documents of economics, or tried to be.

A [New Yorker ] is what it has always been. It combines those who pursue the truth with those who pursue the rewards of orthodoxy and those who pursue what is comfortable to the rich.

I am worried about our tendency to over invest in things and under invest in people.

Nothing is so admirable in politics as a short memory.

In the affluent society, no useful distinction can be made between luxuries and necessities.

Humor is richly rewarding to the person who employs it. It has some value in gaining and holding attention, but it has no persuasive value at all.

There is certainly no absolute standard of beauty. That precisely is what makes its pursuit so interesting.