One needs to find innovative ways to transfer and absorb risks better within Asia, better ways of managing Asian financial markets.

There must have been something in the air of Gary that led one into economics: the first Nobel Prize winner, Paul Samuelson, was also from Gary, as were several other distinguished economists.

I knew that discrimination existed, even though there were many individuals who were not prejudiced.

International lending banks need to focus on areas where private investment doesn't go, such as infrastructure projects, education and poverty relief.

In debate, one randomly was assigned to one side or the other. This had at least one virtue - it made one see that there was more than one side to these complex issues.

The question is whether it'll be a stable country, will it be a country in which a diversity of views, open transparency, women's rights are recognized. The likelihood of that remains very low.