Everyone has an interest in the economy: in how it functions, how well it functions, and in whose interests it functions.

Like a forensic accountant trying to solve a corporate fraud, following the trail of money around the circle is a good way to understand what actually happens as capitalism unfolds.

Competition-ruthless, unforgiving, to-the-death competition-is a crucial feature of capitalism.

Try this: say the words "global, global, global" aloud several times, as fast as you can. You'll find yourself sounding like a turkey ("gobble, gobble, gobble").

Economics is a social science, not a physical science.

Economic systems come, and economic systems go. No economic system lasts forever. Capitalism is not likely to last forever, either.

We know that investment causes growth. But it is also true that growth causes investment.

Never trust an economist with your job. Learn about economics yourself. And make up your own mind about what might protect your job - and what might destroy it.

The problem is not scarcity; the problem is power.

Indeed, if communist central planners could have organized the economy with as much detail, precision, and flexibility as a modern-day Toyota or Wal-Mart, communism would probably still exist.

Proving that profit is economically and morally justifiable, rather than the result of exploitation, has been a central preoccupation of neoclassical economists.

Their [cats] effortless passing between the wild and domestic worlds suggests the kind of grace we need as a species to move between nature and culture.

You can't just wipe away your history.

I don't know how to be anything but pretend, " I replied, and it ached in me how true that really was. "But if I could be real, I'd be real for you.

More people are interested in trying to shuffle paper assets around than building lasting assets by producing real goods.

I am determined to go through the horror of this world.

I have often thought upon death, and I find it the least of all evils.

I always wanted to be fashionable.

I know and value what it means to wake up and be alive and to share my story. I'm so blessed to be here and to be able to talk about it.

God…is the center of all selves.

First a warning, musical; then the hour, irrevocable. The leaden circles dissolved in the air.