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.

The worst crime against working people is a company which fails to operate at a profit.

The worst crime against working people is a company which fails to operate at a profit.

In suggesting gifts: Money is appropriate, and one size fits all.

In suggesting gifts: Money is appropriate, and one size fits all.

If your desires be endless, your cares and fears will be so too.

If your desires be endless, your cares and fears will be so too.

A consumer is a shopper who is sore about something.

A consumer is a shopper who is sore about something.

Money is the most egalitarian force in society. It confers power on whoever holds it.

Money is the most egalitarian force in society. It confers power on whoever holds it.

Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man. Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded- here and there, read more

Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man. Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded- here and there, now and then- are the work of an extremely small minority, frequently despised, often condemned, and almost always opposed by all right-thinking people. Whenever this tiny minority is kept from creating, or (as sometimes happens) is driven out of a society, the people then slip back into abject poverty.This is known as "bad luck.".

A fool and his money are soon parted. - Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry.

A fool and his money are soon parted. - Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry.

There's no reason to be the richest man in the cemetery. You can't do any business from there.

There's no reason to be the richest man in the cemetery. You can't do any business from there.