As economists have long noted, the puzzle is not that so few people vote, it's that so many do. After all, no individual's vote has ever tipped the b….
Many social critics wag their fingers at what they perceive to be frivolous luxury spending. But that misses the point that consumption norms are loc….
The failure to invest in civil justice is directly related to the increase in criminal disorder. The more people feel there is injustice the more it ….
[Donald Trump rhetoric]this is a common rhetorical line used by people who are against free trade that say, we're in favor of trade; we just don't li….
Economics, as it is often taught today, portrays us as homo economicus-someone who doesn't vote in presidential elections, doesn't return lost wallet….
I believe that the best way to help people understand the world is to provide them with opportunities to actively explore, experiment, and express th….
We're in a classic demand-shortfall recession. There aren't enough jobs because total spending is too low. Consumers won't lead the way because they'….
[Anton] Chekhov is the most produced playwright in the world after Shakespeare, and most of the people in my sort of audience would have seen at leas….
I want to write the sort the book that my people want to read, even if the market is small..
It is always a most delightful moment for me when people contact me via mail or approach me at game fairs and thank me for the many enjoyable hours I….
Successful people are the one's that create their own path, not follow someone else's..
I don't see what the alternative to risk management is. If it's just getting rid of the models and instead using the smart people who can figure it o….
Allowing short selling is allowing people to sell - instead of having to buy the stock and then sell it, which doesn't do much; allow them to sell it….
If a lot of people feel like this company is undervalued and go out and buy the stock, the stock price will go up reflecting the higher value of this….
I don't think the idea of requiring these to be only sold to people who have already own the bonds, in other words, this naked position that the Germ….
Credit default swap gives you something to do. You can buy some credit default swaps from them to protect yourself against the bankruptcy of people w….
There are a lot of ways that investment banking models work, but these risks are not internalized by the people that are taking them..
You can only inspire when you give people a new way of looking at the world in which they live..
I think the most important thing people can do to save our planet and the human race is to empower women!.
My art collection is dominated by tribal art from Nigeria where I taught school, from New Guinea where we've travelled, and by Canadian Haida pieces.….
I got serious about painting at 12, when most people give up..