“No other place can so convincingly claim to be the capital of capitalism, the capital of the 20th century and the capital of the world.”

“Interesting capitalization,' I said.'Yeah. I'm a big believer in random capitalization. The rules of capitalization are so unfair to words in the middle.”

“The market is not an invention of capitalism. It has existed for centuries. It is an invention of civilization.”

“Talent attracts capital more effectively than capital attracts talent.”

“In a capitalist world, the word capital has taken on more and more uses. . . . human capital, for instance, which is what labor accumulates through education and work experience. Human capital differs from the classic kind in that you can't inherit it, and it can only be rented, not bought or sold.”

“Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.”