Sometimes economists in official positions give bad advice; sometimes they give very, very bad advice; and sometimes they work at the OECD.

Rising inequality isn’t about who has the knowledge; it’s about who has the power.

Bad ideas flourish because they are in the interest of powerful groups.

A snarky but accurate description of monetary policy over the past five years is that the Federal Reserve successfully replaced the technology bubble with a housing bubble

Wealthy Americans who benefit hugely from a system rigged in their favor react with hysteria to anyone who points out just how rigged the system is.

So what are the effects of increasing minimum wages? Any Econ 101 student can tell you the answer: The higher wage reduces the quantity of labor demanded, and hence leads to unemployment.

Middle-class societies don't emerge automatically as an economy matures, they have to be CREATED through political action.

There are no atheists in foxholes and there are no libertarians in financial crises.

We should try to create the society each of us would want if we didn't know in advance who we'd be.

Outrageous fiscal mendacity is neither historically normal nor bipartisan. It’s a modern Republican thing.

If you want to understand opposition to climate action, follow the money.

If I love you, is that a fact or a weapon?

Make the most of the best and the best of the worst, and keep your standards high. Never settle for anything less than you deserve or are capable of achieving.

A chop is a piece of leather skillfully attached to a bone and administered to the patients at restaurants.

Corporations have neither bodies to kick, nor souls to damn.

He who has two cakes of bread, let him dispose of one of them for some flowers of the narcissus; for bread is the food of the body, and the narcissus is the food of the soul.

Being vulnerable and strong is a complicated thing, but that's who we are.

We've fallen into a fin-de-siecle period of crisis in which people believe only the things they see right in front of them

Solitude is an excellent laboratory in which to observe the extent to which manners and habits are conditioned by others.

I was conscious of the fact that it could be to my disadvantage to marry a white guy - that some folks would hold that against me.