The problem - at least in the United States - is not that people can't find jobs. The problem is that they're no longer finding jobs that provide them with dignity and decent social status.

I tell my children that a man like Bill Gates has a personal fortune of $100 billion. They can't even comprehend that. Then I explain that he has more money than some countries.

I don't think it's time yet to eliminate cash, but I propose having a less-cash society, not a cashless one.

Unbridled capitalism in the United States can't be sustained socially. It leads to tensions.

If you didn't have employers able to pay off the books and off the record safely in cash, you wouldn't have illegal immigration on nearly the scale that we do.

It is vital for Russia to normalize relations with the rest of the world. You shouldn't isolate your economy

Why are oil prices so low? First, energy consumption growth rates in developing markets have decreased. This is particularly noticeable in China. Second, new technologies are being developed and the shale gas revolution in the USA has taken place