The U.S. didn't save enough; we borrowed a lot. There were structural imbalances in Asia with exporters, with oil exporters for a whole variety of things.

There's a lot of things we could do better.

I'm a straightforward person. I like to be direct with people.

I see the underlying economy as being very healthy.

I have relied on prayer for health care all of my life.

One of the things I enjoy the most is fishing.

Anticompetitive practices hurt Chinese private firms nearly as much as foreign ones.