"One of the magical things about economics is that you can create an economic asset out of nothing but persuasion. For example, if you persuade people to be mor

"One of the magical things about economics is that you can create an economic asset out of nothing but persuasion. For example, if you persuade people to be more optimistic about the economy, people invest more money, buy more products, create more jobs, and generally manifest the better economy from their own expectations. " - Scott Adams