"The forces of the market are just that: They are forces; they are like the wind and the tides; they are things that if you want to try to ignore them, you ignore them at your peril, and ... if you find a way of ordering your life that is compatible with these forces, indeed which harnesses these forces to the benefit of your society, that's the way to go." -- Arnold Harberger, University of Chicago Economist
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
The Difference It Doesn't Make - Thomas Sowell
"Making a difference makes sense only if you are convinced that you have mastered the subject at hand to the point where any difference you might make would be for the better. Very few people have mastered anything that well beyond their own limited circle of knowledge."