Migration has been politicized before it has been analyzed.

Politicians would only move beyond gestures once there was a critical mass of informed citizens.

There is a simple way of avoiding excess risk-taking by the managers of our financial institutions. It is to make it a crime ... had a crime for reckless management of a financial institution been on the books, Northern Rock and RBS would not have blown up.

Elections determine who is in power, but they do not determine how power is used.

Most conduct is guided by norms rather than by laws. Norms are voluntary and are effective because they are enforced by peer pressure.

At the core of all successful societies are procedures for blocking the advancement of bad men

Without an informed electorate, politicians will continue to use the bottom billion merely for photo opportunities, rather than promoting real transformation.