Chrystia Freeland

“A general charge of crony capitalism is easy to make. But dividing the 'bad' crony capitalists from the 'good' innovative entrepreneurs is much harder to do. And sorting them out without creating a new group of crony capitalists may be the hardest thing of all.”

“My mother was born in a refugee camp in Germany before the family immigrated to western Canada. They were able to get visas thanks to my grandfather's older sister, who had immigrated between the wars.”

“Fancy GPS systems and space-age tractors are what most excite the farmers I know and astound their city friends.”

“This globalization is lifting up hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. The Left needs to see that.”

“If the Tea Party gets its way, there will be less government - which is great for the elites. They don't need the government.”

“Companies and capital operate internationally, often beyond the economic reach of any particular nation-state. People are pretty global, too, living lives that freely cross national borders.”

“Assad is not the greatest ally to have.”

“If you've developed an ideology that what's good for you personally also happens to be good for everyone else, that's quite wonderful because there's no moral tension.”

“One of the most important political and economic facts of this young century is that capital has been slipping the traces of the nation-state. Business is global; government is national.”

“The hollowing out of the middle class is a problem common to all Western industrialized economies. Maybe we should work together to solve it.”

“I know Russia well.”

“When I was a kid in junior high, I had an assignment to discuss how to rescue poor people in India. I remember my teacher at the time considered it an impossible problem. Now, we're not talking that way anymore. We're sure not talking about that for China. They're rescuing themselves thanks to globalization.”

“It's good to be good at playing defence, but the best defence is a strong offence.”

“Social media now make it easier to organize protest movements, even - or perhaps especially - in authoritarian regimes.”

“Thanks to globalization and the technology revolution, the nature of work, the distribution of the rewards from that work, and maybe even the economic cycle itself are being transformed.”

“I see real opportunities for us to have stronger, closer collaboration between the three North American partners and seize on opportunities to achieve objectives of more jobs and growth.”

“Environmentally friendly business practices have long been mainstream, particularly when they create a brand advantage, as with organic foods.”

“What is interesting is that, although it is framed as a war between the elites and Main Street, the Tea Party is actually really good for the elites.”

“Shipping middle-class jobs to China, or hollowing them out with machines, is a win for smart managers and their shareholders. We call the result higher productivity. But, looked at through the lens of middle-class jobs, it is a loss.”

“When you think of technological revolution, you probably think of geeks in cool coastal spaces like the Google campus, or perhaps of math wizards on Wall Street. But one source of rural prosperity is the adoption of radical new technologies - and a consequent surge in productivity.”