If there is no hell, a good many preachers are obtaining money under false pretenses.
Billy Sunday
The fellow that has no money is poor. The fellow that has nothing but money is poorer still.
President Obama has outsourced a major portion of the U.S. space program to the Russians. That's national policy. Taxpayer money. So let's... →
John Sununu
Behavioral economists have shown that a sizable percentage of people are willing to pay real money to punish people who are taking from a common pot... →
James Surowiecki
Disasters redistribute money from taxpayers to construction workers, from insurance companies to homeowners, and even from those who once lived in... →
The Internet has become a remarkable fount of economic and social innovation largely because it's been an archetypal level playing field, on... →
The world's central banks and the International Monetary Fund still have vaults full of bullion, even though currencies are no longer backed by... →
Politically speaking, it's always easier to shell out money for a disaster that has already happened, with clearly identifiable victims, than to... →
You might think of consumption as a fairly passive activity, but buying new products and services is actually pretty risky, at least if you value... →
If private-equity firms are as good at remaking companies as they claim, they don't need tax loopholes to make money.