“Society can’t function without shared prosperity.”

Economists often like startling theorems, results which seem to run counter to conventional wisdom.

American inequality didn’t just happen. It was created.

GDP tells you nothing about sustainability.

When I said “the pocket of the banks,” it is not necessarily a mercenary relationship. It is a mindset.

Amherst is a liberal arts college, committed to providing students with a broad education.

Anybody who knows about capitalism knows that bankruptcy is an essential part of capitalism.

Climate change is a reality.

We won’t have an economic recovery until Covid-19 is under control.

It’s easy to get rich by getting a state asset at a deep discount.

I grew up in a family in which political issues were often discussed, and debated intensely.

Inequality is a choice. It is not inevitable.

Letting bygones be bygones is a basic principle in economics.

Nationalization of private debts undermines prudential lender behavior and is a government intervention in the market.

If the President asked you to help, I don’t think anybody could refuse, unless one felt that one couldn’t be effective.

Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.

The U.S. basically wrote the rules and created the institutions of globalisation.

The financial markets play an active role in determining what’s going to happen, how the economy is going to function.

It is the function of art to carry us beyond speech to experience.

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.

This is government’s primary function – to keep us safe – and when large percentages in America don’t feel safe, they start asking: What am I paying my taxes for? What is government all about?

We look at the dance to impart the sensation of living in an affirmation of life, to energize the spectator into keener awareness of the vigor, the mystery, the humor, the variety, and the wonder of life. This is the function of the American dance.

I am watching the Earth. The visibility is good. I feel well and cheerful. The machine is functioning normally.

Mastery is not a function of genius or talent. It is a function of time and intense focus applied to a particular field of knowledge.

God designed the world in such a way that everything functions on principles. Principles are eternal laws established and inherent in creation that make creation function.