"... financial markets make the biggest difference between open, market capitalism and closed, relationship capitalism. Free financial markets allow outsiders with good ideas to raise funds, even when their businesses will compete with insiders ... 'Free financial markets are the elixir that fuels the process of creative destruction, continuously rejuvenating the capitalist system. As such, they are also the primary target of the powerful interests that fear change' ... the American economy is far more open, and ... fairer, than many around the world."

"Slate's business strategy is 'to attract top-tier demographics, which transfers to advertising on the Web' ... the typical Slate reader is a 30-something post-graduate, with an annual household income of an enviable $80,000-plus."

"'If we had pissed away money at the rate Salon had done, Microsoft would've shut us down a long time ago,' Kinsley said in a telephone interview. 'If they were as frugal as we are, they'd be thriving. The only reason people are paying attention to Salon is us. Otherwise, they are forgotten. At every stage they have mocked us, then they followed us.'"