Any purchase is one for the future. If you buy a refrigerator, you are making a commitment to the future so that you have food to eat for the next ten years.

The major driver of economics is the equilibrium approach, which has taken various forms over the years. General equilibrium is the statement that all the different parts of the economy influence each other, even if it's remote, like mortgage-backed securities and their demands on automobiles.

Not every business cycle has a financial crisis. Frequently they do.

Life can't be all bad when for ten dollars you can buy all the Beethoven sonatas and listen to them for ten years.

We've spent almost ten years of our lives making 'Batman' films.

It is a £6,500 commitment to the future of Exeter speedway, and although we haven't yet got a track, when the Oxford air fence became available it seemed a good opportunity.