Without this evolutionary history in mind, it is impossible to explain the different sexual mentalities of men and women. - Matt Ridley

The process of choosing somebody to have sex with, which used to be known as falling in love, is mysterious, cerebral, and highly selective.

Most of the so-called robber barons got rich by cutting the price of goods, not raising them.

South Korea and Ghana had the same income per capita in the 1950s. One received far more aid, advice and political intervention than the other. It is now by far the poorer of the two. In general, Asian economies grew their way out of poverty in the late twentieth century, while African economies failed to be aided out of poverty. Trade, not aid, proved the best way to achieve an increase in prosperity.