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

An open, competitive, and liberalized financial market can effectively allocate scarce resources in a manner that promotes stability and prosperity far better than governmental intervention.

I think all governments engage in intelligence gathering vis-a-vis other governments.

I don't see (subprime mortgage market troubles) imposing a serious problem. I think it's going to be largely contained.

Well, as you know, we're working through a difficult period in our financial markets right now, as we work off some of the past excesses. But the American people can remain confident in the soundness and the resilience of our financial system.

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

As a Christian Scientist, I don't go to doctors and get diagnoses.