Thing 1 There is no such thing as a free market
Thing 2 Companies should not be run in the interest
of their owners
Thing 3 Most people in rich countries are paid more
than they should be
Thing 4 The washing machine has changed the world
more than the internet has
Thing 5 Assume the worst about people and you get
the worst
Thing 6 Greater macroeconomic stability has no
made the world economy more stable.
Thing 7 Free-market policies rarely make poor
countries rich
Thing 8 Capital has a nationality
Thing 9 We do not live in a post-industrial age
Thing 10 The US does not have the highest living
standard in the world
Thing 11 Africa is not destined for underdevelopment
Thing 12 Governments can pick winners
Thing 13 Making rich people richer doesn’t make the
rest of us richer
Thing 14 US managers are over-priced
Thing 15 People in poor countries are more
entrepreneurial than people in rich countries
Thing 16 We are not smart enough to leave things to
the market
Thing 17 More education in itself is not going to
make a country richer
Thing 18 What is good for General Motors is not
necessarily good for the United States
Thing 19 Despite the fall of communism, we are still
living in planned economies
Thing 20 Equality of opportunity may not be fair
Thing 21 Big government makes people more open
to change
Thing 22 Financial markets need to become less, not
more, efficient
Thing 23 Good economic policy does not require
good economists
