18 Quotes by Robert Kuttner

It is more than a little ironic that “capital accumulation” once a rather tendentious Marxian view of a supposed capitalist obsession, should have become – of all things – Wall Street’s own slogan.

As a scholarly discipline, economics has always suffered from physics envy.

When laissez-faire creates instability, the move to a freer market can be something less than pure gain.

If social security depresses savings rates, it is only because it is unfunded.

Technological advance often thrives in sheltered and subsidized markets, which defy free trade.

In practice, a good deal of the outcomes produced by the market reflect nothing more than luck – good or bad.

Today, large numbers of citizens throughout the West are angry that the good life is being stolen from them. They are not quite sure whom to be angry at – immigrants, corporations, the government, politically correct liberals, the rich, the poor?

Not surprisingly, extensive effort in Britain and America goes into finding tax shelter. the system is “efficient” for the shelter industry, not for the economy.

Donald Rumsfeld should not just be impeached. He should be tried as a war criminal. As for Bush, he can be dispatched by the electorate while we are still a democracy.