It certainly was difficult to sell NAFTA because it's always difficult to sell open markets.

When I look out the window at my backyard, I can't think of anything interesting to ask. I mean, it's green, it's growing-but nothing occurs to me that any concentrated effort of thought could possibly enlighten. Whereas in economic, statistical, or mathematical kinds of things, I can think lots of questions.

I think the economic logic behind dumping a load of toxic waste in the lowest wage country is impeccable and we should face up to it.

A good rule of thumb for many things in life holds that things take longer to happen than you think they will, and then happen faster than you thought they could.

There are children who are working in textile businesses in Asia who would be prostitutes on the streets if they did not have those jobs

The only antidote to dangerous ideas is strong alternatives vigorously advocated.

Just between you and me, shouldn’t the World Bank be encouraging MORE migration of the dirty industries to the LDCs [Less Developed Countries]?... I think the economic logic behind dumping a load of toxic waste in the lowest wage country is impeccable and we should face up to that... I’ve always though that under-populated countries in Africa are vastly UNDER-polluted, their air quality is probably vastly inefficiently low compared to Los Angeles or Mexico City.