Economists, like royal children, are not punished for their errors.

The prevailing ideology of the modern west - which is political economy - is in the doghouse. Having failed to notice atmospheric pollution, the economists then frightened themselves with the sort of financial crisis they said they had abolished.

Financial crises are like fireworks: they illuminate the sky even as they go pop.

A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.

From the standpoint of Ben, obviously Ben did what he did ... but we believe there were errors in both the evidence and the legal instructions to the jury, ... We respect the jury's findings, but feel the decision was flawed.

Egregious errors such as these can actually harm the public.