Markets are designed to allow individuals to look after their private needs and to pursue profit. It's really a great invention, and I wouldn't underestimate the value of that. But they're not designed to take care of social needs.

There is always a divergence between our perception and what actually exists.

Find the trend whose premise is false, and bet against it.

A global economy is characterized not only by the free movement of goods and services but, more important, by the free movement of ideas and of capital.

We can speak of the triumph of capitalism in the world, but we cannot yet speak about the triumph of democracy. There is a serious mismatch between the political and the economic conditions that prevail in the world today.

Democracy, by its very nature, can't be imposed on people. Democracy has to be the people deciding for themselves.

Unfortunately, the more complex the system, the greater the room for error.