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An economist's guess is liable to be as good as anybody else's.
An economist's guess is liable to be as good as anybody else's.
Every few seconds it changes - up an eighth, down an eighth - it's like playing a slot machine. I read more
Every few seconds it changes - up an eighth, down an eighth - it's like playing a slot machine. I lose $20 million, I gain $20 million.
Capitalists are motivated not chiefly by the desire to consume wealth or indulge their appetites, but by the freedom and read more
Capitalists are motivated not chiefly by the desire to consume wealth or indulge their appetites, but by the freedom and power to consummate their entrepreneurial ideas.
If you don't care, your customer never will.
If you don't care, your customer never will.
It is impossible to understand the history of economic thought if one does not pay attention to the fact that read more
It is impossible to understand the history of economic thought if one does not pay attention to the fact that economics as such is a challenge to the conceit of those in power.
Managers have traditionally developed the skills in finance, planning, marketing and production techniques. Too often the relationships with their people read more
Managers have traditionally developed the skills in finance, planning, marketing and production techniques. Too often the relationships with their people have been assigned a secondary role. This is too important a subject not to receive first line attention.
Every day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I'm not read more
Every day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I'm not there, I go to work.
Only the little people pay taxes.
Only the little people pay taxes.
Most people...find a disorientating mismatch between the long-term nature of their liabilities and the increasingly short-term nature of their assets.
Most people...find a disorientating mismatch between the long-term nature of their liabilities and the increasingly short-term nature of their assets.