I was not sympathetic to the assumption that criminals had radically different motivations from everyone else.

One of the worst of errors would be the general admission of the proposition that a Government has no right to interfere for any purpose except for that of affording protection.

Words ought to be a little wild, for they are the assaults of thoughts on the unthinking.

If somebody is young and brilliant and imaginative, he will be listened to, even if he is a little unorthodox.

It was in the 1960s that I began the detailed study of public regulation.

I feel very uncomfortable with respect to looking at inflation.

Libertarians regard the state as the Supreme, the eternal, the best organized aggressor against the persons and property of the mass of the public. All states everywhere, whether democratic,...

I promise you that there are a lot of people involved in various kinds of retail activities who think they have a crucial role in the economy, and they're right.

Full social and political engagement is impossible without economic empowerment, a point that is as true for women as it is for young people of either gender.

In response to the recession, the Obama administration chose to emphasize costly, short-term fixes - ineffective stimulus programs, myriad housing programs that went nowhere, and a rush to invest in...

The march of invention has clothed mankind with powers of which a century ago the boldest imagination could not have dreamt.

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

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...

In America, black urban teenagers have long been lacking in inclusion. In France, there is a comparable lack of inclusion among North Africans. In much of Europe, there has been little attempt to...

Most of the energy of political work is devoted to correcting the effects of mismanagement of government.

We have a list of human rights - right to food, right to shelter, right to health, right to education, many such items which are considered and accepted as bill of rights. These are to be insured to...

Eagles come in all shapes and sizes, but you will recognize them chiefly by their attitudes.

It is amazing that people who think we cannot afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, and medication somehow think that we can afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, medication and a government...