The task of economics is not only to interpret phenomena, but also to provide practical advice and policies for society.

We made gods of men and they leave us. Others make brutes of them and they fawn and are faithful.

The sea is a good place to think of the future.

The best way to live is to be present.

I can resist everything except temptation.

If you ask an economist what’s driven economic growth, it’s been major advances in things that mattered – the mechanization of farming, mass manufacturing, things like that. The problem is, our society is not organized around doing that.