The business of America shouldn't be subsidizing business. — James Surowiecki America Copy Share Image
Republicans like to indict Democrats as anti-corporate zealots. — James Surowiecki Democracy Copy Share Image
Art collecting has traditionally been the domain of wealthy individuals in search of rewards beyond the purely financial. — James Surowiecki Art Copy Share Image
Although oil is a commodity, it's still not a commodity like coffee, which, thank God, we will have with us always. At… — James Surowiecki Climate Copy Share Image
In the auto industry, there's one thing you can always count on: if a new environmental or safety rule is proposed, executives… — James Surowiecki Auto industry Copy Share Image
I think people don't understand compound interest because typically no one ever explains it to them and the level of financial literacy… — James Surowiecki Compound interest Copy Share Image
The typical American corporation is a shareholders' republic the same way that China is a peoples' republic. — James Surowiecki China Copy Share Image
The profit motive, indecorous though it may seem, may represent the best chance the poor have to reap some of globalization's benefits. — James Surowiecki Copy Share Image
In conditions of uncertainty, humans, like other animals, herd together for protection. — James Surowiecki Animal Copy Share Image
Meeting external deadlines is much harder than meeting internal ones. On the other hand, internal deadlines sometimes don't feel real, and are… — James Surowiecki Copy Share Image
If small groups are included in the decision-making process, then they should be allowed to make decisions. If an organization sets up… — James Surowiecki Advantage Copy Share Image
Markets work best when there's lots of information available and a historical track record to go on; they excel at predicting things… — James Surowiecki Copy Share Image
For most Americans, work is central to their experience of the world, and the corporation is one of the fundamental institutions of… — James Surowiecki Copy Share Image
By the time of the '90s boom, CEOs had become superheroes, accorded celebrity treatment and followed with a kind of slavish scrutiny… — James Surowiecki Ceo Copy Share Image
Politically speaking, it's always easier to shell out money for a disaster that has already happened, with clearly identifiable victims, than to… — James Surowiecki Disaster Copy Share Image
Tough times have always lent themselves to nativist sentiments and closed-door policies. But in the case of highly skilled immigrants, these policies… — James Surowiecki Copy Share Image
You'll sometimes hear from people that they actually do a better job of getting their work done when they have a lot… — James Surowiecki Copy Share Image
Until the nineteen-seventies, Western countries paid little attention to corruption overseas, and bribery was seen as an unpleasant but necessary part of… — James Surowiecki Attention Copy Share Image
Intellectual-property rules are clearly necessary to spur innovation: if every invention could be stolen, or every new drug immediately copied, few people… — James Surowiecki Competition Copy Share Image
Diversity and independence are important because the best collective decisions are the product of disagreement and contest, not consensus or compromising. An… — James Surowiecki Copy Share Image
This intelligence, or what I'll call "the wisdom of crowds," is at work in the world in many different guises. It's the… — James Surowiecki Copy Share Image
A consumer-finance agency is a good thing, but it would do well to teach consumers a simple lesson: if you don't understand… — James Surowiecki Copy Share Image
Wall Street has come a long way from the insider-dominated world that was blown apart by the Great Depression. — James Surowiecki Customer Copy Share Image
If being the biggest company was a guarantee of success, we'd all be using IBM computers and driving GM cars. — James Surowiecki Business Copy Share Image
Paradoxically, the best way for a group to be smart is for each person in it to think and act as independently… — James Surowiecki Being smart Copy Share Image
The U.S. is excellent at importing cheap products from the rest of the world. Let's try importing some human capital instead. — James Surowiecki China Copy Share Image
The problem is that groups are only smart when the people in them are as independent as possible. This is the paradox… — James Surowiecki Copy Share Image
Most of the work on multitasking suggests that it generally makes you less efficient, not more. — James Surowiecki Copy Share Image
Real politics is messy and morally ambiguous and doesn't make for a compelling thriller. — James Surowiecki Copy Share Image
Besides great climates and lovely beaches, California and Greece share a fondness for dysfunctional politics and feckless budgeting. — James Surowiecki Beach Copy Share Image
Of course, plenty of people don't think that guaranteeing affordable health insurance is a core responsibility of government. — James Surowiecki Copy Share Image
Diversity and independence are important because the best collective decisions are the product of disagreement and contest, not consensus or compromise. — James Surowiecki Copy Share Image
Patrimonial capitalism's legacy is that many people see reform as a euphemism for corruption and self-dealing. — James Surowiecki Capitalism Copy Share Image
If private-equity firms are as good at remaking companies as they claim, they don't need tax loopholes to make money. — James Surowiecki Copy Share Image
I do think to some extent multitasking is a way of fooling ourselves that we're being exceptionally efficient. — James Surowiecki Copy Share Image
Traditionally, tours were a means of promoting a record. Today, the record promotes the tour. — James Surowiecki Copy Share Image
There does seem to be some evidence that as people get older, they procrastinate less, perhaps because they feel the pressure of… — James Surowiecki Copy Share Image
A long-term crisis, after a certain point, no longer seems like a crisis. It seems like the way things are. — James Surowiecki Copy Share Image
