Once I undertook the analysis of a problem, I often looked at it from a variety of perspectives. I approached the problem as a series of thought expe… - Joseph E. Stiglitz

The United States and Europe have perfected the art of arguing for free trade while simultaneously working for trade agreements that protect themselves against imports from developing countries. [...] Western negotiators almost take it for granted that they can control what gets discussed, and determine the outcomes.

The fall of Wall Street is for market fundamentalism what the fall of the Berlin Wall was for communism.

New technologies (reinforced by new trade rules) are enhancing the market power of incumbent, dominant firms, such as Microsoft, which are all from the developed world; for the first time, in a key global industry, there is a near-global monopolist.