If I had to sum up my practical skills, I would use one word: survival. And operating a hedge fund utilized my training in survival to the fullest.

I chose America as my home because I value freedom and democracy, civil liberties and an open society.

Of course, speculation will always make a crisis worse. If there is a weak point, it will expose it.

Globalization has rendered the world increasingly interdependent, but international politics is still based on the sovereignty of states.

Fundamental analysis seeks to establish how underlying values are reflected in stock prices, whereas the theory of reflexivity shows how stock prices can influence underlying values

I rely a great deal on animal instincts.

The more comprehensive and convincing a debt reduction program is, the less likely it is to fail. And remember, just as Germany is grateful to America for the Marshall Plan, Italy would be grateful to Germany for helping it lower its refinancing costs.