For Decades The G.o.p. Has Won Elections

If You Can Create Even The Illusion Of High Profitability For A Few Years, Then When The Thing Collapses You Can Walk Out Of The Wreckage A Very Rich Man.

There Has Been Plenty To Criticize About President Obama’s Handling Of The Economy. Yet The Overriding Story Of The Past Few Years Is Not Mr. Obama’s Mistakes But The Scorched-earth Opposition Of Republicans, Who Have Done Everything They Can To Get In His Way - And Who Now, Having Blocked The President’s Policies, Hope To Win The White House By Claiming That His Policies Have Failed.

The Real Danger With Debt Is What Happens If Lots Of People Decide, Or Are Forced, To Pay It Off At The Same Time.

If You're Doing Your Job Right, Some Substantial Group Of People [is] Going To Be Mad At You.

The Raw Fact Is That Every Successful Example Of Economic Development This Past Century – Every Case Of A Poor Nation That Worked Its Way Up To A More Or Less Decent, Or At Least Dramatically Better, Standard Of Living – Has Taken Place Via Globalization, That Is, By Producing For The World Market Rather Than Trying For Self-sufficiency.