There is more uncertainty than usual about job futures because computers are replacing more and more human intelligence, and globalization is proceeding at an accelerating pace.

In the longer run and for wide-reaching issues, more creative solutions tend to come from imaginative interdisciplinary collaboration.

Each profession has its own toolkit.

Economics is (now) about emotion and psychology.

In the short run and for decisions unlikely to have broad impact, it may be more cost effective to use just one expert.

My clinical psychologist wife of 40 years has always had a close intellectual influence on me. When I was beginning to talk openly in the economics profession about irrationality in decision-making, I received a lot of criticism. Ginny would support my views and remind me that a whole other profession - psychology - studies people's irrational sides.

News media stimulate bubbles, since stories about them boost their audience.