I liked this piece from a recent newspaper:

   Jim Spigelman, the New South Wales Chief Justice, knows that a lampoon
   can often be the best way to make a serious point.  At the weekend,
   he ridiculed the market ideologists who would subject courts to time
   and motion studies.  "I am reminded of the micro-economic reformer
   who noted that a Mozart string quartet takes as long to perform in
   1999 as it did in 1799.  In short, in 200 years there has been no
   productivity improvement whatsoever.  Plainly, this could only be
   the result of a collusive arrangement among professional musicians."

Richard Pennycuick
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