And now we're suffering the logical culmination of all this: the largest group of government-hati ng, racist, homophobic, misogynistic know-nothing, climate-change denying, evolution-denyi ng, science-denying , anti-immigrant House Republicans in history, bent on taking America back to the 19th century.

America has become the most unequal society among advanced countries, and rich people are now free to spend as much money on political campaigns as they wish.

Today, for good or ill, people are thinking about many social problems from the standpoint of their own kitchen tables. I think the way to begin a conversation with people about what's going on is to address their daily experiences, and what their fears and frustrations, as well as their exhilarations, are.

Well-trained and dedicated employees are the only sustainable source of competitive strength.

When I was a kid, the bigger boys would pick on me. So I got an idea that I would make alliances with older boys, like just one or two, who would be my protectors.

America's real business leaders understand unless or until the middle class regains its footing and its faith, capitalism remains vulnerable.

If you want to be a change agent, you have to ready to fail.