Lots of countries have great constitutions, but their leaders have a practice of ignoring the rules whenever they feel like it.

In poor countries, the rich and powerful crush the poor and powerless.

There is such a polarized discussion of economics among people like analysts, columnists, bloggers; often, they end up just saying that views other than their own should not even be discussed. I find that frustrating. There is no intellectual progress without considering lots and lots of different views.

Most rich countries have reported increases in happiness as they become richer.

There are loads of countries that have nice written constitutions like ours. But there aren't loads of countries where they're followed.

Whenever you hear news about jobless claims or the unemployment rate, you should translate that in your mind to one simple phrase: Stay in school.