Unexpected changes, on the contrary, lead to windfall gains or losses for those who are in the right or wrong places at a given time. - George Stigler

Whether one is a conservative or a radical, a protectionist or a free trader, a cosmopolitan or a nationalist, a churchman or a heathen, it is useful to know the causes and consequences of economic phenomena.

Unlike the members of the physical and biological sciences, the economist is asked to explain his work in a manner that is interesting and convincing to a weary listener. Yet there is no reason to believe that the explanation of our economic and social world is inherently simpler than the explanation of our physical world.

Some important aspects of important aspects of economic organization take on a new meaning when they are considered from the viewpoint of the search of information.