The party of ideas has become the party of Beavis and Butthead.

I have friends, political scientists, sociologists, who all share an interest at least in certain kinds of science fiction.

Tax cuts were not going to be effective at creating jobs, and the job creation record is lousy.

The key reason executives are paid so much now is that they appoint the members of the corporate board that determines their compensation and control many of the perks that board members count on. So it's not the invisible hand of the market that leads to those monumental executive incomes; it's the invisible handshake in the boardroom.

Not all private equity people are evil. Only some.

If you are a good economist, a virtuous economist, you are reborn as a physicist. But if you are an evil, wicked economist, you are reborn as a sociologist.

What Republicans have actually put on the table is almost nothing. All of the rest is just big talk. So how is the president supposed to negotiate with people who say, 'Here's my demands. By the way, I can't give you any specifics. Just make me happy'?