There is something intrinsically upside down and counter-intuitive in the relationship between money and happiness. - David Orrell

To balance the economy, we need first to balance our priorities, and abandon rigid ideologies.

The economy is crooked not straight; and mainstream economists are like flat-earthers who keep saying the world is flat despite all the evidence to the contrary.

The entire thrust of neoclassical thought is to argue that the free market economy is an efficient system that will optimize utility for all mankind, if only government will get out of the way. It therefore departs from classical economists such as Adam Smith, who recognized the importance of governments for regulating markets and preventing monopolies.