“Marx, however much he may have been wrong in detail, understood the nature of capitalism better than anyone else. His central theme — that private property in the means of production is a social relation, not a natural fact — remains as valid as ever.”
英语
“马克思尽管在细节上可能有误，但他对资本主义本质的理解超过任何人。他的核心主题——生产资料的私有制是一种社会关系，而非自然事实——一如既往地正确。”
“The purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to economic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by economists.”
英语
“学习经济学的目的不是获得一套经济问题的现成答案，而是学会如何不被经济学家所欺骗。”
“The misery of being exploited by capitalists is nothing compared to the misery of not being exploited at all.”
英语
“被资本家剥削的痛苦，与根本不被剥削的痛苦相比，算不了什么。”
“Any government which had both the power and the will to remedy the major defects of the capitalist system would have the will and the power to abolish it altogether.”
英语
“任何既有权力又有意愿矫正资本主义制度重大缺陷的政府，都会有意愿和权力将其彻底废除。”
“Economics limps along with one foot in untested hypotheses and the other in untestable slogans.”
英语
“经济学一瘸一拐地前行，一只脚踩在未经检验的假说上，另一只脚踩在无法检验的口号上。”
“There is no such thing as a normal period of history. Normality is a fiction of economic textbooks.”
英语
“历史上不存在所谓的正常时期。常态不过是经济学教科书中的虚构。”