What I would like to vote for is a candidate that is socially liberal, a fiscal conservative, broadly libertarian with a small l but sensible and pragmatic and with a chance of winning. Thats more or less the empty set.

Economics is sometimes associated with the study and defense of selfishness and material inequality, but it has an egalitarian and civil libertarian core that should be celebrated.

In most of the world, breakfast is an important meal.

We need to accept the principle that sometimes poor people will die just because they are poor.

Beethoven and Michelangelo, who sold their artworks for profit, were entrepreneurs and capitalists.

Real cultural diversity results from the interchange of ideas, products, and influences, not from the insular development of a single national style.

Unintended Consequences is full of substance, it is one of the must-read books of the year, and once I finish it I will be giving it a second read through right away.