In Asia, a lot of successful economies that had been living on their own saving, decided to open up their financial markets to international capital in the early 1990s. So here were countries doing quite well, but they decided to borrow a bit more and do even better.

We are not at war (except with our own demons).

Roosevelt talked not only about Freedom from Fear, but also Freedom from Want.

The runs started in Thailand after the IMF intervened in such a dramatic way. Then the IMF came to Indonesia.

The aspiration of society is the flourishing of its members, this report gives evidence on how to achieve societal well?being. It's not by money alone, but also by fairness, honesty, trust and good health.

My concern is not that there are too many sweatshops, but that there are too few.

Unfortunately, the real focus in this country has not been on the rest of the world. It's been on our own issues and our own problems. Fair enough. But it means that our simple hopes that everything will just work out abroad aren't really coming to pass.