If Lehman Brothers had been a bit more Lehman Sisters ... we would not have had the degree of tragedy that we had as a result of what happened.

We draw many benefits from globalization that people take for granted. Poverty has been reduced massively around the world. If you look at the Chinese numbers, it is quite mind-boggling: 700 million people taken out of poverty in a matter of 40 years, the poverty rate having moved from over 30 per cent from hardly six per cent now. That would not have happened if there had not been globalization.

The financial industry is a service industry. It should serve others before it serves itself.

We would not be enjoying those cellphones and those tablets at the price where they are had it not been for globalization, both in terms of trade and in terms of constant technological innovation.

When my father passed away and then when later on I gave birth, those are sort of ground-breaking experiences that put everything else into perspective.

A global world needs global firewalls.

Social unrest and protectionism are the two major risks of the world economic crisis.