I have a neighbor who knows 200 types of wine. ... I only know two types of wine - red and white. But my neighbor only knows two types of countries - industrialized and developing. And I know 200.

Good analysis is very useful when you want to convert a political decision into an investment. It can also go the other way and drive policy

The database hugging in public institutions is hampering innovation.

I have shown that Swedish top students know statistically significantly less about the world than the chimpanzees.

Health cannot be bought at the supermarket. You have to invest in health. You have to get kids into schooling. You have to train health staff. You have to educate the population.

When I have an argument with someone, even with someone I am not very close with, I can't sleep at night thinking about it. It's terrible. But I still manage speak out frankly because I have also been gifted with the ability to read people. I can sense when they start to get irritated with me, and then, I shift.

We must obviously be much more clever in using resources, regulate with tax and promote innovations.