We used to be calorie poor and now the problem is obesity. We used to be data poor, now the problem is data obesity.

- Hal Varian

Google will make us more informed. The smartest person in the world could well be behind a plow in China or India. Providing universal access to info…

- Hal Varian

I keep saying the sexy job in the next ten years will be statisticians. People think I'm joking, but who would've guessed that computer engineers wou…

- Hal Varian

It isn't that information is exploding, but accessibility is. There's just about as much information this year as there was last year; it's been grow…

- Hal Varian

Brynjolfsson and McAfee take us on a whirlwind tour of innovators and innovations around the world. But this isn't just casual sightseeing. Along the…

- Hal Varian

I keep saying that the sexy job in the next 10 years will be statisticians, and I'm not kidding.

- Hal Varian

If a train stops at a train station, what do you think happens at a work station?

- Hal Varian

How unhappy are you that your dishwasher has replaced washing dishes by hand, your washing machine has displaced washing clothes by hand or your vacu…

- Hal Varian