Alaska itself is an unusual state.

The Berlin Wall wasn't the only barrier to fall after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War. Traditional barriers to the flow of money, trade, people and ideas also fell.

Alaska itself is an unusual state.

You know, when the cost of capital goes down, when credit becomes cheap, people start taking greater and greater risks.

There is very strong historical data that suggest the way societies grow is by making large, long-term investments.

I grew up in this world where everything seemed possible.

...foreign policy is a matter of costs and benefits, not theology.