Many children are taught to believe in God. I came to believe in the power of systems analysis.

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

Global capital markets pose the same kinds of problems that jet planes do. They are faster, more comfortable, and they get you where you are going better. But the crashes are much more spectacular.

It says something about this new global economy that USA Today now reports every morning on the day's events in Asian markets.

Most investors want to do today what they should have done yesterday.

With uncertainty in oil markets, a buildup of speculative pressures and the large U.S. current account deficit, there is a real possibility that Paulson's crisis-management skills will be tested.

The idea that we should be open to all ideas is very different from the supposition that all ideas are equally valid.