“If you bake a cupcake, the world has one more cupcake. If you become a circus clown, the world has one more squirt of seltzer down someone's pants. But if you win an Olympic gold medal, the world will not… — Steven E. Landsburg Copy Share Image
“If you bake a cupcake, the world has one more cupcake. If you become a circus clown, the world has one more squirt of… — Steven E. Landsburg Copy Share
“The governing principle is precisely the same one that predicts behavior at the gas pump. When the price of gasoline is low, people choose… — Steven E. Landsburg Copy Share
“Of course, ideas can always be misleading—but then so can numbers. Still, we advance by learning new ways to think, even if those ways… — Steven E. Landsburg Copy Share
“Logic matters. It leads us from simple ideas to surprising conclusions.” — Steven E. Landsburg Copy Share
“Among college students, economics and philosophy majors have similar current incomes, but it’s the economics students who drive cars, because it’s the economics students… — Steven E. Landsburg Copy Share
“Colleges should offer lots of optional life-enriching experiences, like intramural basketball and a place to sunbathe. But reading books, like basketball or sunbathing, is… — Steven E. Landsburg Copy Share
“When I find a pair of pants I like, I buy a lot of them. Really a lot. Perhaps there’s something genetic here; I… — Steven E. Landsburg Copy Share
“Why am I permitted to apply racial criteria when I select a spouse but not when I select a personal assistant?” — Steven E. Landsburg Copy Share
“A low current stock price forecasts a low future price. If today’s price is low, there is a good reason to buy more (it’s… — Steven E. Landsburg Copy Share
“Selling is a painful necessity, buying is what makes it all worthwhile.” — Steven E. Landsburg Copy Share
“If it's okay to enrich ourselves by denying foreigners the right to earn a living, why shouldn't we enrich ourselves by invading peaceful countries… — Steven E. Landsburg Copy Share
“[Economics] is all about observing the world with genuine curiosity and admitting that it is full of mysteries” — Steven E. Landsburg Copy Share
