I Admire Chancellor Merkel For

I Don't Use My Money To Gain Political Influence For My Private Interests, Which Is What Many Rich People Do, And What, In A Sense, Market Fundamentalism Does, Because It Is In The Interests Of People Who Have A Lot Of Money To Have As Little Taxes As Possible.

If The Choice Is Between Cooking Alive And Wasting Money Unnecessarily I Would Rather Waste Some Money, Because Long Before We Cook We Are Going To Kill Each Other If We Don't Deal With Climate Change.

Once We Realize That Imperfect Understanding Is The Human Condition There Is No Shame In Being Wrong, Only In Failing To Correct Our Mistakes.

The Generally Accepted View Is That Markets Are Always Right -- That Is, Market Prices Tend To Discount Future Developments Accurately Even When It Is Unclear What Those Developments Are. I Start With The Opposite View. I Believe The Market Prices Are Always Wrong In The Sense That They Present A Biased View Of The Future.

I Think There's A Lot Of Merit In An International Economy And Global Markets, But They're Not Sufficient Because Markets Don't Look After Social Needs.