Investing Should Be More Like

What We Know About The Global Financial Crisis Is That We Don't Know Very Much.

Economists Have Much To Be Humble About.

In Every Mutual Fund Prospectus, In Every Sales Promotional Folder, And In Every Mutual Fund Advertisement (albeit In Print Almost Too Small To Read), The Following Warning Appears: "past Performance Is No Guarantee Of Future Results."

Man Does Not Live By Gnp Alone.

An American Economist Of Two Generations Ago, H. J. Davenport, Who Was The Best Friend Thorstein Veblen Ever Had (veblen Actually Lived For A Time In Davenport's Coal Cellar) Once Said: "there Is No Reason Why Theoretical Economics Should Be A Monopoly Of The Reactionaries." All My Life I Have Tried To Take This Warning To Heart, And I Dare Call It To Your Favorable Attention.