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People don't just want to be rich and successful, they want to be good.

~Chrystia Freeland

Topics: Good Just People Rich Successful Want

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This notion that borders wouldn't matter, that we would have commonality of interests around the world. Well, guess who got there first? The plutocrats.

~Chrystia Freeland

Topics: Around Borders Commonality First Got Guess Interests Matter Notion Well Who World Would

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Talking about income inequality, even if you're not on the Forbes 400 list, can make us feel uncomfortable. It feels less positive, less optimistic, to talk about how the pie is sliced than to think about how to make the pie bigger.

~Chrystia Freeland

Topics: About Bigger Even Feel Feels Forbes How Income Income Inequality Inequality Less List Make Optimistic Pie Positive Talk Talking Than Think Uncomfortable Us You

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In practice, getting rid of crony capitalism is incredibly difficult.

~Chrystia Freeland

Topics: Capitalism Difficult Getting Incredibly Practice Rid

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I love the Internet. I love my mobile devices. I love the fact that they mean that whoever chooses to will be able to watch this talk far beyond this auditorium.

~Chrystia Freeland

Topics: Able Auditorium Beyond Chooses Devices Fact Far Internet Love Mean Mobile Talk Watch Whoever Will I Love

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Our light-speed, globally connected economy has led to the rise of a new super-elite that consists, to a notable degree, of first- and second-generation wealth.

~Chrystia Freeland

Topics: Connected Consists Degree Economy First Globally Led New Notable Our Rise Wealth

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As companies become bigger, the global environment more competitive, and the rate of disruptive technological innovation ever faster, the value to shareholders of attracting the best possible CEO increases correspondingly.

~Chrystia Freeland

Topics: Attracting Become Best Bigger Ceo Companies Competitive Disruptive Environment Ever Faster Global Increases Innovation More Possible Rate Shareholders Technological Value

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Executive pay has skyrocketed for many reasons - including the prevalence of overly cozy boards and changing cultural norms about pay - but increasing scale, competition, and innovation have all played major roles.

~Chrystia Freeland

Topics: About Boards Changing Competition Cozy Cultural Executive Including Increasing Innovation Major Many Norms Overly Pay Played Reasons Roles Scale

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One consequence of Russia's klepto-capitalist model is the growing appeal of government jobs, with their lucrative opportunities for payoffs.

~Chrystia Freeland

Topics: Appeal Consequence Government Growing Jobs Lucrative Model Opportunities Russia

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Twitter-lutionaries are good at toppling regimes, but in the Mideast and North Africa, they're losing out to the Islamists, who've built protest movements the old-fashioned way. And in Moscow, the Mink revolutionaries, who are united by Live-Journal but not much else, were easy for Putin to outmaneuver.

~Chrystia Freeland

Topics: Africa Built Easy Else Good Losing Moscow Movements Much North Old-Fashioned Out Protest Putin Regimes Revolutionaries United Way Were Who

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Biography

Nationality: Canadian

Type: Musician

Born: August 2nd, 1968

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