We want capitalism and market forces to be the slave of democracy rather than the opposite.

Democracy will never be supplanted by a republic of experts—and that is a very good thing.

I am not political. It is not my job. But I would be happy if politicians could read my work and draw some conclusions from it.

Over a long period of time, the main force in favor of greater equality has been the diffusion of knowledge and skills.

Without precisely defined sources, methods, and concepts, it is possible to see absolutely everything and its opposite.

For far too long economists have sought to define themselves in terms of their supposedly scientific methods. In fact, those methods rely on an immoderate use of mathematical models, which are frequently no more than an excuse for occupying the terrain and masking the vacuity of the content.

There is one great advantage to being an academic economist in France: here, economists are not highly respected in the academic and intellectual world or by political and financial elites. Hence they must set aside their contempt for other disciplines and their absurd claim to greater scientific legitimacy, despite the fact that they know almost nothing about anything.