For many people, commuting is the worst part of the day, and policies that can make commuting shorter and more convenient would be a straightforward way to reduce minor but widespread suffering.
Weak men act to satisfy their needs, stronger men their duties.
Alan Greenspan is unskilled; you don't take the unskilled seriously.
The opposite of fragile is something that gains from disorder.
Your reputation is harmed the most by what you say to defend it.
The track record of economists in predicting events is monstrously bad. It is beyond simplification; it is like medieval medicine.