A Growing Nation Is The Greatest Ponzi

This Message (that Attempting To Beat The Market Is Futile) Can Never Be Sold On Wall Street Because It Is In Effect Telling Stock Analysts To Drop Dead.

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.

The Growth Of A Nation's Productive Potential Is The Central Factor In Determining Its Growth In Real Wages And Living Standards.... High Rates Of Investment And Saving Usually Have A Big Payoff In Promoting Economic Growth.

Two-thirds Of A Century After [the Road To Serfdom] Got Written, Hindsight Confirms How Inaccurate Its Innuendo About The Future Turned Out To Be.

There Is Something In People; You Might Even Call It A Little Bit Of A Gambling Instinct… I Tell People Investing Should Be Dull. It Shouldn't Be Exciting. Investing Should Be More Like Watching Paint Dry Or Watching Grass Grow. If You Want Excitement, Take $800 And Go To Las Vegas.