The perennial gale of creative destruction

There exists no more democratic institution than the market

The metal of economic theory is in Marx's pages immersed in such a wealth of steaming phrases as to acquire a temperature not naturally its own.

Nothing is so treacherous as the obvious.

In economic life competition is never completely lacking, but hardly ever is it perfect.

Geniuses and prophets do not usually excel in professional learning, and their originality, if any, is often due precisely to the fact that they do not.

Politicians are like bad horsemen who are so preoccupied with staying in the saddle that they can't bother about where they're going.