Adam Davidson

“A rule of thumb: If the company you work for provides a product or service that's pretty much the same as what was offered last year and a few years before that, it might be time to start looking for something new.”

“To put it simply and a bit crudely: Our economy is demanding more well-educated workers than our schools are providing. To attract this scarce resource, communities have to offer more than just jobs.”

“Most rich countries have reported increases in happiness as they become richer.”

“The idea of confidence, of the emotions of the population, is an incredibly important one in economics. John Maynard Keynes called it 'animal spirit.' And if people are feeling generally good about the future, they're more likely to spend money, to start new companies; companies are more likely to hire people, make investments.”

“We can fight over what the taxation levels should be, but the tax system should be very, very simple and not distortionary.”

“When you cover the economy as a reporter, there's one part of the job that is always easy: finding economists who disagree.”