The idea that we should be open to all ideas is very different from the supposition that all ideas are equally valid.

The only antidote to dangerous ideas is strong alternatives vigorously advocated.

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

With uncertainty in oil markets, a buildup of speculative pressures and the large U.S. current account deficit, there is a real possibility that Paulson's crisis-management skills will be tested.

Where countries have been able to carry through on their reform commitments - as in Korea, Thailand and the Philippines - results are starting to come in the form of lower interest rates, new investment and increased growth.

In politics, as in poetry, it is sometimes true that it is darkest before dawn.

The dramatic modernization of the Asian economies ranks alongside the Renaissance and the Industrial Revolution as one of the most important developments in economic history.