Corruption exists because there is too much, not too little, market.

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

[Good managers] know that people have 'good' sides and 'bad' sides and that the secret of good management is in magnifying the former and toning down the latter.

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

A well-designed welfare state can actually encourage people to take chances with their jobs and be more, not less, open to changes.

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.

Countries are poor not because their people are lazy; their people are 'lazy' because they are poor.