“I promise you that there are a lot of people involved in various kinds of retail…” — Lawrence Summers

We are inheriting the worst financial system since the Depression. We're inheriting a situation - when people go back and study major banking crises a quarter century from now, the one that America developed in 2007 and 2008 is going to be one of those crises.

I think the economic logic behind dumping a load of toxic waste in the lowest wage country is impeccable and we should face up to it.

The availability of private insurance provides tremendous insulation for millions of individuals.

Start with the idea that you can't repeal the laws of economics. Even if they are inconvenient.