The most fundamental fact about the ideas of the political left is that they do not work. Therefore we should not be surprised to find the left concentrated in institutions where ideas do not have to work in order to survive.

p. Applied Economics: Thinking Beyond Stage One ISBN 0-465-08143-6
2002. ISBN 978-0-300-10775-3.

He is the author of more than 30 books. He dropped out of high school and served in the United States Marine Corps during the Korean War. Since 1980 he has worked at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.