I guess economists, it's a bit like scientists, you have definitely fewer women in that field.

If inflation is the genie, then deflation is the ogre that must be fought decisively.

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.

I think I have a male side about me and you have a female side about you. It's a question of repressing or not.

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.

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.

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