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

When inequality gets to an extreme, it is completely useless for growth.

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.

Das Kapital, I think, is very difficult to read, and for me, it was not very influential.

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

At the heart of every major political upheaval lies a fiscal revolution.

Refusing to deal with numbers rarely serves the interests of the least well-off.