We know how to achieve higher growth: lower tax rates, cutting excessive spending, a gold-convertible dollar, free trade, modest regulation, sensible protection of property and civil rights.

FORBES: On The Public Enemies Of Prosperity Policies

Safe property rights, secure contracts and sensible economic policies make all the difference between wealth and poverty, he said.

ECONOMIST: Mancur Olson

The idea is to harmonise secrecy, intellectual-property and export-control regimes, all of which sounds sensible.

ECONOMIST: European aerospace