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.

Quote by Larry Summers

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It used to be said that when the U.S. sneezed, the world caught a cold....

It used to be said that when the U.S. sneezed, the world caught a cold....

Blaming speculators as a response to financial crisis goes back at least to the Greeks....

Blaming speculators as a response to financial crisis goes back at least to the Greeks....

It says something about this new global economy that USA Today now reports every morning...

It says something about this new global economy that USA Today now reports every morning...

The dramatic modernization of the Asian economies ranks alongside the Renaissance and the Industrial Revolution...

The dramatic modernization of the Asian economies ranks alongside the Renaissance and the Industrial Revolution...

Global capital markets pose the same kinds of problems that jet planes do. They are...

Global capital markets pose the same kinds of problems that jet planes do. They are...

In this age of electronic money, investors are no longer seduced by a financial 'dance...

In this age of electronic money, investors are no longer seduced by a financial 'dance...

Now is the time for us to strike. We must strengthen our foothold in Asia,...

Now is the time for us to strike. We must strengthen our foothold in Asia,...

We are inheriting the worst financial system since the Depression. We're inheriting a situation -...

We are inheriting the worst financial system since the Depression. We're inheriting a situation -...

The United States basically accepted protection abroad as the price of post-war recovery. Now, that...

The United States basically accepted protection abroad as the price of post-war recovery. Now, that...

The dramatic modernization of the Asian economies ranks alongside the Renaissance and the Industrial Revolution...

The dramatic modernization of the Asian economies ranks alongside the Renaissance and the Industrial Revolution...

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

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

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

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

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

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

In this age of electronic money, investors are no longer seduced by a financial 'dance...

In this age of electronic money, investors are no longer seduced by a financial 'dance...

The United States basically accepted protection abroad as the price of post-war recovery. Now, that...

The United States basically accepted protection abroad as the price of post-war recovery. Now, that...

Blaming speculators as a response to financial crisis goes back at least to the Greeks....

Blaming speculators as a response to financial crisis goes back at least to the Greeks....

It was wrong to allow Stalin to shape the European landscape of the 20th century....

It was wrong to allow Stalin to shape the European landscape of the 20th century....

Christ in this country would quite likely have been arrested under the Suppression of Communism...

Christ in this country would quite likely have been arrested under the Suppression of Communism...

[He's] a margarine Communist.

[He's] a margarine Communist.

I see in Communism the focus of the concentrated evil of our time.

I see in Communism the focus of the concentrated evil of our time.