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.

Countries like Canada, Korea, China, Germany can and should use fiscal space. Some of them are doing it, not all.

Our fortunes rise together, and they fall together. 'All men are brothers,' said the Analects. We have a collective responsibility-to bring about a more stable and more prosperous world, a world in which every person in every country can reach their full potential.

Massive progress has been made in the last five years. More progress has to be made in terms of fiscal union and banking union.

If you have an overwhelming majority of one sex over the other, and clearly in our case at the moment - and it has been like this for a long time - it is male over female, you tend to have group thinking. You tend to have common references, combined with competition, combined in this case with testosterone. I'm not suggesting it's a toxic mix, but I'm saying it needs to be tempered and altered and modified and made better by diversity.

The Egyptian society needs to include its women if it wants to have economic prosperity.

I love cooking. Not for myself alone. Cooking is about giving.