To Paraphrase Winston Churchill, Capitalism Is The

Equality Of Opportunity Is Meaningless For Those Who Do Not Have The Capabilities To Take Advantage Of It.

If We Are Really Serious About Preventing Another Crisis Like The 2008 Meltdown We Should Simply Ban Complex Financial Instruments, Unless They Can Be Unambiguously Shown To Benefit Society In The Long Run. This Is What We Do All The Time With Other Products-drugs, Cars, Electrical Products And Many Others.

Rational Thinking Is An Important Aspect Of Human Nature, But We Have Imagination, We Have Ambition, We Have Irrational Fear, We Are Swayed By Other People, We Get Indoctrinated And We Get Influenced By Advertising.

It Takes Time And Experience To Absorb New Technologies, So Technologically Backward Producers Need A Period Of Protection From International Competition During This Period Of Learning. Such Protection Is Costly, Because The Country Is Giving Up The Chance To Import Better And Cheaper Products. However, It Is A Price That Has To Be Paid If It Wants To Develop Advanced Industries.

95% Of Economics Is Common Sense Deliberately Made Complicated.