It's quite astonishing how much money people make in the hedge fund business and in the private equity field, and how well-off affluent families really are.

Workers are not being exploited. But if their share of growth doesn't increase, this could be a potential cause of social tension worldwide.

... far more people make a living as professional chess players today than ever before. Thanks partly to the availability of computer programs and online matches, there has been a mini-boom in chess interest among young people in many countries.

The assertion that everyone benefits simultaneously from free trade is simply incorrect.

Worrying about inflation now is like worrying about the measles when you might get the plague.

Unbridled capitalism will lead to some very real problems.

Marx's theory that only capitalists benefit from capitalism and workers are exploited was completely wrong. Nothing could have been further from the truth. Workers earned more as economies grew.