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.

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

If climate change issues are not adequately addressed—if we keep running those nice energy subsidies, if the price on carbon is not adequately set, if policymakers don’t have it on their radar screens—then financial stability in the medium and long-term is clearly at stake.

Think about it. Women control 70 percent of global consumer spending . . . when women do better, economies do better.

I think more of the little kids from a school in a little village in Niger who get teaching two hours a day, sharing one chair for three of them, and who are very keen to get an education. I have them in my mind all the time. Because I think they need even more help than the people in Athens.

We need to put our good research, our good work, our principles into actionable items whenever we can.

Of course, trade agreements can be beneficial, but of course they need to avoid infringing on certain areas and respect diversity.