NASA's annual budget for space exploration could fund NOAA's budget for ocean exploration for 1600 years.
The underlying intellectual argument for seeking to tax economic rents retains its force.
Of all the many ways of organising banking, the worst is the one we have today.
Global market forces will sort out those companies that do not have sound corporate governance.
When banks extend loans to their customers, they create money by crediting their customers’ accounts.
To set aside one’s prejudices, one’s present needs, and one’s own self interest in making a decision as a director for a company is an intellectual exercise that takes constant practice. In short, intellectual honesty is a journey and not a destination.
Banks have come to realize in the recent crisis that they are paying the price for having designed compensation packages which provide incentives that are not, in the long run, in the interests of the banks themselves, and I would like to think that would change.
The dead are too much with us.
It's never been easy. But I've always wanted to play hockey. I love hockey. I'd rather play hockey than do anything else. If you have that kind of desire, I think you can achieve what you want to achieve.
The three most important things a man has are, briefly, his private parts, his money, and his religious opinions.
I'm not interested in fame at all.