Despite the impression created by some economic pundits, the U.S. economy is not a delicate little machine that needs to be fine-tuned with exact precision by benevolent policymakers to keep from breaking down.

If productivity grows, the economy does well.

In the category of economic superpowers, more is better than less - the more technology those leaders develop, the more we all benefit.

Economists create their own worlds. We're like little gods with our artificial economics, wanting to see what happens.

My aim in painting has always been the most exact transcription possible of my most intimate impression of nature.

Of all the thankless jobs that economists set for themselves when it comes to educating people about economics, the notion that society is better off if some industries are allowed to wither, their workers lose their jobs, and investors lose their capital - all in the name of the greater glory of globalization - surely ranks near the top.