If economists could manage to get themselves thought of as humble, competent people on a level with dentists, that would be splendid.

To suggest social action for the public good to the city London is like discussing The Origin of Species to a Bishop sixty years ago.

It is generally agreed that casinos should, in the public interest, be inaccessible and expensive. And perhaps the same is true of Stock Exchanges.

Chess is a cure for headaches.

The glory of the nation you love is a desirable end, — but generally to be obtained at your neighbor's expense.

The master-economist must possess a rare combination of gifts. He must reach a high standard in several different directions and must combine talents not often found together. He must be mathematician, historian, statesman, philosopher - in some degree. He must understand symbols and speak in words. He must contemplate the particular in terms of the general, and touch abstract and concrete in the same flight of thought. He must study the present in the light ofthe past for the purposes of the future

How long will it be necessary to pay City men so entirely out of proportion to what other servants of society commonly receive for performing social services not less useful or difficult?