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.

Blaming speculators as a response to financial crisis goes back at least to the Greeks. It's almost always the wrong response.

Many children are taught to believe in God. I came to believe in the power of systems analysis.

Start with the idea that you can't repeal the laws of economics. Even if they are inconvenient.

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

It was wrong to allow Stalin to shape the European landscape of the 20th century. It would be even more wrong to let him shape the landscape of the 21st century

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