Two-thirds Of A Century After

We're A Me-me-me Generation. We're Borrowing The Savings Of Every Nation In The World. We're ... Piling Up A Big Tab. Now, I May Think We're Too Big To Have A Run On Us. You May Think That. But It's Possible That God Does Not.

Our Ideal Society Finds It Essential To Put A Rent On Land As A Way Of Maximizing The Total Consumption Available To The Society. ...pure Land Rent Is In The Nature Of A 'surplus' Which Can Be Taxed Heavily Without Distorting Production Incentives Or Efficiency. A Land Value Tax Can Be Called 'the Useful Tax On Measured Land Surplus'.

Marshall's Crime Is To Pretend To Handle Imperfect Competition With Tools Only Applicable To Perfect Competition.

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.

Investing Should Be More Like Watching Paint Dry Or Watching Grass Grow. If You Want Excitement, Take $800 And Go To Las Vegas.