“The long-standing wisdom that everyone wins in a single world market h...” — Roger Altman Quote

The long-standing wisdom that everyone wins in a single world market has been undermined. Global trade, capital flows, and immigration are declining.

The 2008 financial crisis and the Great Recession that followed have had devastating effects on the U.S. economy and millions of American lives. But the U.S. economy will emerge from its trauma stronger and widely restructured.

I don't think there's a more battle-hardened veteran anywhere than Larry Summers.

I think Obamacare, for all its controversy, is actually working.

Many Russia experts note the deep and sad capacity of the Russian people for suffering.

Internet and mobile product development cycles are measured in months, not years. And the capital required to get a product built and into the market is less than $1 million. And the returns, when things work out, can be enormous.

If the U.S. decides Jerusalem is the capital of Israel, that does not mean that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel. Because the whole world is saying Jerusalem is not the capital of Israel.

I've probably done more venture capital deals and expansion financings than I have done private equity deals. But both are the same. Private equity companies have also built jobs.

I think that England made a very big, historical mistake to allow itself to become the kind of terrorist capital of the world.