Productivity growth, however it occurs, has a disruptive side to it. In the short term, most things that contribute to productivity growth are very painful.

Listening to others, especially those with whom we disagree, tests our own ideas and beliefs. It forces us to recognize, with humility, that we don't have a monopoly on the truth.

I think it is appropriate to ask whether this trend is compatible with values rooted in our nation's history, among them the high value Americans have traditionally placed on equality of opportunity.

In the long run, outsourcing is another form of trade that benefits the U.S. economy by giving us cheaper ways to do things.

Strapped by tight credit and plummeting sales, businesses have overhauled the way they manage supply chains, inventory, production practices, and staffing.

If it were possible to take interest rates into negative territory I would be voting for that.

To me, a wise and humane policy is occasionally to let inflation rise even when inflation is running above target.

It slightly worries me that when people find a problem, they rush to judgment of what to do.

The past few decades of widening inequality can be summed up as significant income and wealth gains for those at the very top and stagnant living standards for the majority.

Will capitalist economies operate at full employment in the absence of routine intervention? Certainly not.

Long-term unemployment can make any worker progressively less employable, even after the economy strengthens.

The reason a lot of people can’t find happiness is because they don’t look for it. They allow themselves to be stuck in the same situations. Sometimes happiness comes with the courage to break free.

Civilize The Mind, But Make Savage The Body.

In the soft light of morning, the sky outside turning light blue, my answer is always and still: “I’m fine.

Animals used for food are treated like unfeeling machinery.

In the end a lie is a lie.

Insure the uninsured. Effect of Obamacare to date: Uninsure the insured.

Discover the joy of giving and you will discover the reason for living.

In our day it's worse to judge evil than to do evil.

Why fly? Simple. I'm not happy unless there's some room between me and the ground.

I am particularly interested in creating a relationship between ideas of reception in conceptual art and theater.