Fiscal policy should balance growth, equity, and sustainability concerns, including protecting society's most vulnerable.

Having a proper understanding of countries' external positions - current accounts, stock positions, and currencies - is critical to highlight policymakers' shared responsibility to tackle external imbalances before they become too risky.

In reality, while currency movements can have a significant impact on inflation in other countries, dollar movements have rarely had a meaningful or durable impact on prices in the U.S.

With all the globalisation that has taken place, countries are a lot more interdependent and therefore 'coupled.'

The wealth in many large estates has never been taxed because it is largely in the form of unrealized - therefore untaxed - capital gains.

When the sacredness of one's word is matched in the attributes of his character throughout, all that constitutes a man, then we find that there is something in a man's life greater than his occupation or his achievements; grander than acquisition or wealth; higher than genius; more enduring than fame.

I never want to have to take certain roles, because I want to maintain a certain level of artistic credibility. But sometimes you're forced to do things for the money.

The Ripple network is a protocol. It's like HTTP for money. Users, merchants, anyone can use it for free without a license.