“I think that so-called capitalism and trade is a very important elemen...” — James Wolfensohn Quote

“I think that so-called capitalism and trade is a very important element in giving people opportunity.”

“Most people recognize that to create jobs is really the essential element in their drive against poverty.”

“The interesting thing about debt in most cases is that you have to pay it back. So if you build an overhang of debt, it becomes more and more limiting in terms of the prospect that you have.”

“Capitalism might everywhere be spreading havoc, but it is also triumphant everywhere.”

“To put it bluntly, there isn't one economic theory that can single-handedly explain Singapore's success; its economy combines extreme features of capitalism and socialism. All theories are partial; reality is complex.”

“The way the credit cards were made in the '80s to be a people's form of capitalism and be able to make it so that you could get a loan that you would have been denied previous, now that's the way stocks are.”