Professor Walter E. Williams has a clever way of distilling complex arguments into things even the uneducated (those who went to school in America) can understand. In Good Economists, and yes, there are a few, Professor Williams makes a point that should be so simple even President Obama could embrace it; Many of the things we believe to be good for some are immeasurable or irrational and many, while good for some, are bad for others.

Perhaps most charming about Professor Williams is that he doesn’t allow his outsized ego to block his path to simple solutions.