The differences in income between the poor world and the rich world are so great that people have to be interested.

President Trump promised to negotiate trade agreements to get better deals for America and protect American jobs. Bottom line: He delivered.

A safety net for the poor indeed requires some level of income redistribution.

It is a lot cheaper to spend eight hours in a rehearsal hall than in a recording studio.

I think it's absolutely clear that the fiscal path we are on is not sustainable, and for me, the best analogy is these deficits are like a cancer, and over time they will destroy the country from...

The consumer is going through a period around the world of uncertainty - whether geopolitical uncertainty, economic uncertainty - and that makes them a little nervous as well.

Everyone else has some interest in economic growth and development, which often happens at the expense of the environment and community. We need the other side to join this to check and balance.

My personal opinion is that when the economy does well, anybody who has a deposit franchise will survive and grow because how can you lend if you do not have a deposit franchise?

We must not tolerate oppressive government or industrial oligarchy in the form of monopolies and cartels.

An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen.

I work on the boundary between economics and statistics in this field called econometrics. Part of my interest is understanding how you use statistics in productive ways to analyze dynamic economic...

The great challenge of the 21st century is to provide good standards of living for 7 billion people without depleting the earth's resources or running up massive levels of public debt. To achieve...

Clearly this is a tough economic time, and a lot of families are hurting. So when we talk to parents, we talk about small changes for kids and things that don't cost extra money. Like adding water and...

Low and stable inflation in many countries is an important accomplishment that will continue to bring significant benefits.

We also cannot allow Wall Street banks to rewrite the Second Amendment just because they're too big to fail.

And what's interesting, and I don't think a lot of Americans understand this fact, is that, one, most new jobs are created by small businesses; two, most small businesses pay tax at the individual...

The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.

Corporations are created by the people, acting through their governments. We grant them corporate charters that confer certain legal rights and privileges, like the ability to enter into contracts,...

Modern society, based as it is on the division of labor, can be preserved only under conditions of lasting peace.

Spreading the wealth punishes success while setting America on course for a greater dependency on government.

Technology is going to revolutionize almost every sector, leading to the demise of many traditional professions. Economic and political power will be determined less by a country's size than by its...

Inflation is as violent as a mugger, as frightening as an armed robber and as deadly as a hit man.

America's health care system is the most complicated and expensive in the world.

I think that all areas of the budget have to be scrubbed. Clearly the entitlement issues have to be reformed and that's an issue that's going to require I think some strong bipartisan cooperation and...

I believe the United States is very sick financially and might not survive another four years of Obama-style leadership.

But whether, for example, a coat can be exchanged for twenty yards of linen cloth or for forty yards is not a matter of chance, but depends upon objective conditions, upon the amount of socially...

I do not think it is an exaggeration to say history is largely a history of inflation, usually inflations engineered by governments for the gain of governments.

The industrial age was not about craftspeople trading peer to peer. It was about stopping that. You weren't supposed to be a craftsperson, you were supposed to be an employee.

We already have - thanks to technology, development, skills, the efficiency of our work - enough resources to satisfy all human needs. But we don't have enough resources, and we are unlikely ever to...

The sinews of war are infinite money.