Jude Wanniski, 1936-2005

As Jude Wanniski knew, and expounded, "Economies are driven not by the dollars in people's pockets but by the ideas in their heads." By that measure, the U.S. economy still rides high on Jude's ideas and Jude — who for many years wrote editorials on economics for this newspaper — ranks high on the lists of the world's richest men. As a prime legatee of this wealth, I find it grows ever faster with the passing years. As countries from Russia to New Zealand follow the lead of his low-tax vision, I cherish more and more my winnings and my memories of him.