The lack of economic freedom could be a very major reason for loss of liberty, liberty of life.

I'’m generally in favor of economic globalization. Having said that, it doesn’t always work and does not immediately work in the interest of all. There are sufferers.

I have not had any serious non-academic job.

To say that the whole of the industrial experience of Europe and America just shows the rewards of exploiting the Third World is a gross simplification.

It is also very engaging - and a delight - to go back to Bangladesh as often as I can, which is not only my old home, but also where some of my closest friends and collaborators live and work.

Opponents of globalisation may see it as a new folly, but it is neither particularly new, nor, in general, a folly.

Gender inequality is not one problem, it's a collection of problems.