Deeper state intervention in an economy means that bureaucratic waste, inefficiency and corruption are more likely to hold back growth.
Ian BremmerI think political science is bad at prediction. We don't gaze into a crystal ball. I do not believe that we predict things.
Ian BremmerI was fifteen in college at Tulane. I lied about my age in college so that I could be normal socially. So that girls would go out with me and stuff like that. I just said I was normal age.
Ian BremmerAcademics were not a challenge when I was fifteen in college. The challenge was figuring out how to fit in socially.
Ian BremmerIn environments where corporations become too interventionist and capture regulation themselves, the government must be able to battle back so that the people have a chance.
Ian BremmerI think the best way to control a population is to urbanize and to educate women. We have seen historically in many, many countries that once women are educated and have opportunities, and that happens when they live in cities and once they improve their economies, they no longer want to have eight kids.
Ian Bremmer