We have had a 30-year period in which the real median wage has grown 9%, while productivity is up 80%. Almost none of that improvement has gone to the majority of the labor force.

I don't think Bush would have gone down there if he knew he'd run into this kind of opposition, ... The FTAA may not be completely dead, but it's close to dead — and the body's twitching.

The main problem is that Washington is in denial about the economic failure, ... More Latin American leaders are aware of it, but it does not seem to be discussed. What is needed at a bare minimum is some discussion about what has gone wrong.

The problem for Social Security is no different than the problem it's faced previously, except that it's smaller.

We have taken a number of very important actions to improve productivity and reallocate resources to the faster growing areas of the business.

The other productivity gain is being able to get the right people to the right meetings so decisions can be made more quickly.