The national budget must be balanced. The public debt must be reduced; the arrogance of the authorities must be moderated and controlled. Payments to foreign governments must be reduced. If the nation doesn't want to go bankrupt, people must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance.

~ Marcus Tullius Cicero, 55 BC

The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design.

~ Friedrich von Hayek