The so-called skills gap is really a gap in education, and that affects all of us. — Adam Davidson Affects Copy Share Image
The America that I think most Americans would want, most economists on the right or left would want, is one in which… — Adam Davidson Ambitious Copy Share Image
The idea of confidence, of the emotions of the population, is an incredibly important one in economics. John Maynard Keynes called it… — Adam Davidson About Copy Share Image
Like a bottle of wine or a promising college quarterback turning pro, C.E.O.'s are similar to what economists call experience goods: you… — Adam Davidson Before Copy Share Image
'Reinventing the Bazaar,' by John McMillan, is a great and fun introduction to the wild variety and importance of markets throughout history… — Adam Davidson Actually Copy Share Image
Most rich countries have reported increases in happiness as they become richer. — Adam Davidson Become Copy Share Image
I'm not the first to admit that raising a child in Park Slope, Brooklyn, can bear an embarrassing resemblance to the TV… — Adam Davidson Admit Copy Share Image
Happiness statistics may be most valuable in smaller, local discussions. Understanding how different sorts of programs affect the well-being of citizens would… — Adam Davidson Affect Copy Share Image
Economics is all about consumption. People either spend money now or they use financial instruments - like bonds, stocks and savings accounts… — Adam Davidson About Copy Share Image
It makes me happy to think that this world of art-as-investment is a minuscule fraction of the art world overall. Most people… — Adam Davidson Art Copy Share Image
There is such a polarized discussion of economics among people like analysts, columnists, bloggers; often, they end up just saying that views… — Adam Davidson Among Copy Share Image
In poor countries, the rich and powerful crush the poor and powerless. — Adam Davidson Countries Copy Share Image
We can fight over what the taxation levels should be, but the tax system should be very, very simple and not distortionary. — Adam Davidson Fight Copy Share Image
Much of what we consider the American way of life is rooted in the period of remarkably broad, shared economic growth, from… — Adam Davidson About Copy Share Image
Art is often valuable precisely because it isn't a sensible way to make money. — Adam Davidson Art Copy Share Image
Perhaps concentrated wealth will inspire a nation of innovative problem-solvers. But if the view of many economists is right - that it… — Adam Davidson Concentrated Copy Share Image
The economy works best when better ideas win out over worse ideas, harder work wins out over less work, when it's a… — Adam Davidson Best Copy Share Image
The economics profession advances by one confusing financial disaster at a time. — Adam Davidson Advances Copy Share Image
Unlike physics, economists don't settle things. There seems to be plenty of room for different conclusions that are still accepted in the… — Adam Davidson Academy Copy Share Image
A healthy economy is largely a result of a reasonable balance between consumption today and consumption deferred, and it's pretty clear that… — Adam Davidson Balance Copy Share Image
A rule of thumb: If the company you work for provides a product or service that's pretty much the same as what… — Adam Davidson Before Copy Share Image
Happiness quantification sounds a bit wishy-washy, sure, and through a series of carefully administered surveys across the globe, economists and psychologists have… — Adam Davidson Across Copy Share Image
If large numbers of people believe they have no shot at a better life in the future, they will work less hard… — Adam Davidson Believe Copy Share Image
Economics is not a discipline that comes to correct answers - economies are too complex. — Adam Davidson Answers Copy Share Image
Holiday binge-buying has deep roots in American culture: department stores have been associating turkey gluttony with its spending equivalent since they began… — Adam Davidson 20th century Copy Share Image
