I loved American universities. In many ways, they are better organized - certainly than French universities.

Economists have put themselves in a position where what they are doing is supposed to be impossible to understand for outsiders, so they dont even talk - sometimes not even with their girlfriend or boyfriend or friends - about what they are doing.

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

We know too little about global wealth dynamics, so we need international transmission of bank information.

No hypocrisy is too great when economic and financial elites are obliged to defend their interest.

The democratic ideal has always been related to a moderate level of inequality. I think one big reason why electoral democracy flourished in 19th century America better than 19th century Europe is because you had more equal distribution of wealth in America.

It's important to realize that innovation and growth in itself are not sufficient to moderate inequality of wealth.