“There's nothing in Keynesian economics that would allow you to solve s...” — Paul Samuelson Quote

There's nothing in Keynesian economics that would allow you to solve stagflation. But there's nothing in neoclassical economics that would allow you to solve stagflation, either.

Charles Darwin got his theory, his notion of natural selection, evolution, and so did its independent discoverer, Alfred Wallace, from reading Malthus.

I have not been able in one lecture even to scratch the surface of the role of maximum principles in analytic economics.

I'm not speaking in favor of killing innovation. I'm speaking in favor of centrist use of the market, which involves necessarily a considerable degree of regulation. Markets by themselves will get themselves inevitably into inequality and into their own destruction. It will happen again and again.

People shop for a bathing suit with more care than they do a husband or wife. The rules are the same. Look for something you'll feel comfortable wearing. Allow for room to grow.

You have to understand what it is you want, create a plan for what you want, and don't allow them to give you any less than what it is you want, and that's it.

Our legislatures are not built to allow working people to participate as members. Neither, for that matter, is our political system writ large.

I gave birth to my son when I was 39, in 2011, as my contracts didn't allow me to get pregnant. I was scared that if I get pregnant, it will be the end of my career.