The clever, albeit fragile, coalition against terrorism brought together by the U.S. government might be able to advance the transition from classical international law to a cosmopolitan order.
What I object to the current government intervention in so-called 'solving the crisis', they haven't solved anything. They've just postponed it.
The income tax is flawed for a number of reasons - it discourages economic growth and encourages a bloated government.
The most important point is, in a time of crisis, there is no way out but for the government to be bold and aggressive.
At the end of the day, philanthropy can only ever be an adjunct to what governments provide. And government coffers need to be replenished.
Not all Modern Orthodox Jews, at the present juncture, identify with what the Israeli government does. In Israel many religious Zionists strongly oppose the government because of the disengagement.
One of the worst of errors would be the general admission of the proposition that a Government has no right to interfere for any purpose except for that of affording protection.
What got us out of the depression was capitalism, and we would have gotten out a lot quicker had the government not intervened.
The left-wing agenda wants us to think that the reason there was a depression was because the government didn't do anything. That's not true.
Open government is, within limits, an ideal that we all share. U.S. President Barack Obama endorsed it when he took office in January 2009.
Government subsidies to elite private universities take the form of tax deductions for people who make charitable contributions to them.
There is no real justification for a requirement that a budget of any sort should be balanced, except as a rallying point for those who seek to hamstring government.
We need women at all levels, including the top, to change the dynamic, reshape the conversation, to make sure women's voices are heard and heeded, not overlooked and ignored.
International lending banks need to focus on areas where private investment doesn't go, such as infrastructure projects, education and poverty relief.
The developing world is full of entrepreneurs and visionaries, who with access to education, equity and credit would play a key role in developing the economic situations in their countries.
The position I took at the time was that we hadn't really examined any of the potential environmental consequences of introducing genetically modified organisms.
Then it was that the exports of slaves from Virginia and the Carolinas was so great that the population of those States remained almost, if not quite stationary.
If we build something great, like we have at Travelers Group so far, a whole host of people benefit.
Debates go on to this day about what caused the Great Depression. Economics is not very good at explaining swings in economic activity.
It is difficult for the common good to prevail against the intense concentration of those who have a special interest, especially if the decisions are made behind locked doors.
Yale places great stress on undergraduate and graduate teaching. I like teaching, and I do a lot of it.
