Capitalism is a system for determining objective value.

It may be that America has become too big and complicated for most people to deal with being part of. People are longing for a smaller, stupider reality.

It would be inaccurate to say the Tea Partiers are racists. What they are, in truth, are narcissists.

Politics is about a lot more than winning and losing. I think politics at its best is about compromise, shades of grey and about issues.

In other countries they have histories with revolutions and class movements. In America, people don't like to think of themselves like being in a lower class. They all like to think of themselves as potential millionaires.

Ratings agencies are the glue that ostensibly holds the entire financial industry together.

The joy of being a consumer is that it doesnt require thought, responsibility, self-awareness or shame: All you have to do is obey the first urge that gurgles up from your stomach. And then obey the next. And the next. And the next.