As I noted in my Nobel lecture, an early insight in my work on the economics of information concerned the problem of appropriability - the difficulty that those who pay for information have in getting returns.

I recognized that information was, in many respects, like a public good, and it was this insight that made it clear to me that it was unlikely that the private market would provide efficient resource allocations whenever information was endogenous.

My teachers helped guide and motivate me; but the responsibility of learning was left with me, an approach to learning which was later reinforced by my experiences at Amherst.

If Trump actually wants to help those who have been left behind, he must go beyond the ideological battles of the past.

So long as we have enough people in this country willing to fight for their rights, we'll be called a democracy.

I can say with total conviction that it was the Holy Spirit that chose, guided the election of Pope Francis.

Remember that politics, colonialism, imperialism and war also originate in the human brain.

As long as a government can come and shoot you, you can't jump on the Internet to freedom.