Francis Fukuyama Quotes
It was the slave's continuing desire for recognition that was the motor which propelled history forward, not the idle complacency and unchanging self-identity of the master
In the future the optimal form of industrial organization will be neither small companies nor large ones but network structures that share the advantages of both.
The nation will continue to be a central pole of identification, even if more and more nations come to share common economic and political forms of organization.
If networks are to be more efficient...this will come about only on the basis of a high level of trust and the existence of shared norms of ethical behavior between network members
The desire for economic prosperity is itself not culturally determined but almost universally shared
Economic activity is carried out by individuals in organisations that require a high degree of social co-operation
To truly esteem oneself means that one must be capable of feeling shame or self-disgust when one does not live up to a certain standard
A high degree of autonomy is what permits innovation, experimentation and risk taking in a bureaucracy. If the slightest mistake can end a career, then no one will ever take risks.