What we really need to understand here is that it`s all about power. This is where the surge is coming from for Bernie Sanders. In some ways, it`s a very different - it`s a different surge, but it`s coming out of the same sort of sense of fundamental powerlessness and anger and frustration for Donald Trump.

Cynicism is the last refuge of those who don't want to do the work of creating a better society.

One logical consequence of this New Economy composed of big brands and entrepreneurial groups is that the unit of production is no longer a particular, identical product. The unit of production is the creative individual.

Humor itself is a great disinfectant. It enables people to listen.

The largest party in America, by the way, is neither the Democrats nor the Republicans. It's the party of non-voters.

We can't have extraordinary dynamism, innovation, and change in the economy and expect to have predictability and stability in our personal lives. It's not as if there are these big, giant institutions existing between us and the economy. In fact, these institutions have become tissue-thin. There is no mediation anymore. We are the economy; the economy is us.

There is a crisis of public morality. Instead of policing bedrooms, we ought to be doing a better job policing boardrooms.