There is a growing consensus that the European systems have worked better than the American: They have been able to deliver better health care to more people at lower cost.

International lending banks need to focus on areas where private investment doesn't go, such as infrastructure projects, education and poverty relief.

Macroeconomic policy can never be devoid of politics: it involves fundamental trade-offs and affects different groups differently.

It is trust, more than money, that makes the world go round.

There must have been something in the air of Gary that led one into economics: the first Nobel Prize winner, Paul Samuelson, was also from Gary, as were several other distinguished economists.

What you measure affects what you do. If you don't measure the right thing, you don't do the right thing.

American inequality didn't just happen. It was created.

The problem is a lot of what is called economics is not economics. It is more ideology or religion.

Trickle-down economics is a myth. Enriching corporations - as the TPP would - will not necessarily help those in the middle, let alone those at the bottom.

The striking thing about America is - it's historically, extraordinary unusual, I don't of any other instance - is that productivity of workers and wages have not moved in tandem.

In developing countries, lack of infrastructure is a far more serious barrier to trade than tariffs.

Worry less, pray more.

Jesus does not cherish an offense, loving us as well after the offense as before it.

America is hope. It is compassion. It is excellence. It is valor.

There's a fine line between stubbornness and the positive side of that, which is dogged determination.

War poisons the land Like diseased minds downloaded/ into bowls of tears.

Metaphysicians tell us that it is easier to get the body well than to get the mind to realize its wellness.

Leisure: A fancy word for people who don't want to admit they're bored.

The second half of the twentieth century is a complete flop.

I don't go to church so much, the way my life is, but it's in me every day.

Music is nourishment, and a comforting elixir. Music multiplies the beauty of life and all its values.