The higher education system in these countries (US, Korea etc) has become like a theatre in which some people decided to stand to get a better view, promoting the others behind them to stand. Once enough people stand, everyone has to stand, which means no one is getting a better view, while everyone has become more uncomfortable.

The Korean economic miracle was the result of a clever and pragmatic mixture of market incentives and state direction.

The invention of the printing press was one of the most important events in human history.

Democracy is acceptable to neo-liberals only in so far as it does not contradict the free market.

Once you realize that trickle-down economics does not work, you will see the excessive tax cuts for the rick as what they are -- a simple upward redistribution of income, rather than a way to make all of us richer, as we were told.

Rich countries have 'kicked away the ladder' by forcing free-market, free-trade policies on poor countries. Already established countries do not want more competitors emerging through the nationalistic policies they themselves successfully used in the past.

Low inflation and government prudence may be harmful for economic development.