You can't have a situation in which companies proceed on a permanent basis relying only on cash from the government.

Takeovers wouldn't cause the stock market to rise unless there is an upward reassessment of earnings (potential). People are more optimistic and confident about the future.

We must recognise that in an integrated world, trade cannot be divorced from other concerns. We need to promote free trade and serious global efforts with respect to common problems even as we support every nation's right to chart its own course.

Investment in girls' education may well be the highest-return investment available in the developing world.

If you look at the history of the American capital market, there's probably no innovation more important than the idea of generally accepted accountancy principles.

I have always thought that underpopulated countries in Africa are vastly underpolluted.

All taxes discourage something. Why not discourage bad things like pollution rather than good things like working?