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[...] Other people's words are so important. And then without warning they stop being important, along with all those words of yours that their words prompted you to write. Much of the excitement of a new novel lies in the repudiation of the one written before. Other people's words are the bridge…

[...] It is not possible to redistribute incomes unless the economic pie is growing. Democracy itself is more fragile when growth halts. [...]

[...] This translates directly into higher labor productivity and--eventually, and if workers acquire the necessary skills, and society develops the necessary tools for managing income distribution--higher wages. Mechanization or robotization is not new and unusual, no matter how clever and impress…

It is widely known now, as it was not before 2008, that the financial markets were characterized not just by irrational exuberance but also by widespread fraud, deception (including self-deception), and market manipulation. Not to mention in the financial and corporate worlds alike a loss of ethica…

To Wallace, a gift truly was an accident; a chance, a fortuitous circumstance. Born intelligent, born with perfect pitch, with mathematical ability, with a talent for tennis--in what sense are we ever the proprietors of these blessings? What rights accrue to us because of them? How could we ever cl…