I think I developed a culture of healthy skepticism of claims of certainty on any side of the aisle. A sort of boldness in using economics no matter …

- David Plotz

People who tend to invest are either going to invest in something where you're raising $5 million or they're going to invest in something where you'r…

- David Plotz

I feel like there's lot of people who know finance and economics better than I do. There are lots of people who are better storytellers than I am. Bu…

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And my wife is - you know my wife, Hanna Rosin - it's hard, there's no doubt. We have three kids, and it's a pain. I'm away a lot and it's hard on he…

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Writing a column, a weekly column for the New York Times, is really tough, and I wasn't prepared for the demands that that involved.

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Any suggestion that Mexicans are fundamentally different from Americans should be taken as racist on its face; America, after all, is a pluralistic s…

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I should say, the one thing you run into is, if you're trying to raise a round you have to decide, well, how much money are you trying to raise? And …

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I want to have enough space to, I don't know, think thoughts. I mean, I just - I don't know that I'm capable of having an exciting, profound thought …

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When you're writing for the New York Times someone reading it knows the topic better than you do and knows when you've messed up.

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