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It says something about this new global economy that USA Today now reports every morning on the day's events in Asian markets.

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Global capital markets pose the same kinds of problems that jet planes do. They are faster, more comfortable, and they get you where you are going better. But the crashes are much more spectacular.

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I've always thought that underpopulated countries in Africa are vastly underpolluted.

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The availability of private insurance provides tremendous insulation for millions of individuals.

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Contagion has become very much a phenomenon, and it's a phenomenon of globalization.

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It certainly was difficult to sell NAFTA because it's always difficult to sell open markets.

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I think the economic logic behind dumping a load of toxic waste in the lowest wage country is impeccable and we should face up to it.

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If you look at the history of the American capital market, there's probably no innovation more important than the idea of generally accepted accountancy principles.

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But ultimately what I was impressed by during my years in government was how much the intellectual climate and the prevailing intellectual notions constrained and represented the universe within which the discourse took place.

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

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Economist

Born: November 30th, 1954

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