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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.

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

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Now is the time for us to strike. We must strengthen our foothold in Asia, to ensure no nation overtakes us.

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In the history of the world, no one has ever washed a rented car.

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There are children who are working in textile businesses in Asia who would be prostitutes on the streets if they did not have those jobs.

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It used to be said that when the U.S. sneezed, the world caught a cold. The opposite is equally true today.

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The United States basically accepted protection abroad as the price of post-war recovery. Now, that these countries have caught up to our level of prosperity, it is time for them to catch up to our level of openness.

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

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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.

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

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Economist

Born: November 30th, 1954

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