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• We have to stop allowing economics to be used as a trump card. Capitalism is like math. It is amoral. It is good at producing wealth; it's bad at distributing wealth. Unless it operates within a moral framework it will produce an unjust society.
  • Is Economics All There Is?, July 18, 2003

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• The truth is that neither British nor American imperialism was or is idealistic. It has always been driven by economic or strategic interests.

• Government is inherently incompetent, and no matter what task it is assigned, it will do it in the most expensive and inefficient way possible.