The People Currently In Charge Have Forgotten

Economics Seeks To Be A Science. Science Is Supposed To Be Objective And It Is Difficult To Be Scientific When The Subject Matter, The Participant In The Economic Process, Lacks Objectivity.

Making An Investment Decision Is Like Formulating A Scientific Hypothesis And Submitting It To A Practical Test. The Main Difference Is That The Hypothesis That Underlies An Investment Decision Is Intended To Make Money And Not To Establish A Universally Valid Generalization.

When Money Is Free, The Rational Lender Will Keep On Lending Until There Is No One Else To Lend To.

No Individual Anonymous Participant Can Influence The Prices And Therefore You Really Can Speculate In The Market Without Paying Attention To Morality. That's One Of The Positive Features Of Markets. That's Why They Function.

I Passionately Disagreed With Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson's Plan To Bail Out The Banks By Using A Public Fund Called The Troubled Asset Relief Program (tarp) To Help Banks Take Toxic Assets Off Their Balance Sheets. I Argued That It Would Be Much Better To Put The Money Where The Hole Was And Replenish The Equity Of The Banks Themselves.