China has lunged into the 21st century, while India is still lurching toward it.

Indias rigid social structure limits intergenerational economic mobility and fosters acceptance of vast wealth disparities.

Thanks to decades of accumulated federal budget deficits and, more significantly, imprudent Medicare and Social Security policies, we've stolen almost $60 trillion from our children.

Not surprisingly, troubled economic times often beget proselytizers of wacky, extreme ideas.

The weak economy, widening income inequality, gridlock in Congress and a presidential election: Those were perhaps the dominant economic and political themes of 2012.

The highest-income Americans don't need tax-free health insurance, mortgage interest deductions or deferred taxation on retirement funds.

Conservatives brayed that government should stay out of the private sector; liberals bleated for nationalizing the banks.

Most troublesome is the legalization of 'crowd funding,' the ability of start-up companies to raise capital from small investors on the Internet.

The largest number of jobs likely to be created by the JOBS Act will be for lawyers needed to clean up the mess that it will create.

Visits to crowded Indian urban centers unleash sensory assaults: colorful dress and lilting chatter provide a backdrop to every manner of commerce, from small shops to peddlers to beggars.

I have goals and aspirations, and I believe that you can go after your dreams, and it can work if you have someone there that's supporting you.

Cut quarrels out of literature, and you will have very little history or drama or fiction or epic poetry left.

I've always been quite psychic and believe there's a reason why things happen and that we need to learn from them.

My character Jack in the New York Spring Spectacular is a lot of fun. He's playful, he's full of life. He can make things come to life. He can make things happen.

There are two modes of transport in Los Angeles: car and ambulance. Visitors who wish to remain inconspicuous are advised to choose the latter

Our system of education is locked in a time capsule. You want to say to the people in charge, 'You're not using today's tools! Wake up!'

Perhaps only those who had loved and lost could appreciate this magic.

Every act of genuine creativity means achieving a higher level of self-awareness and personal freedom.

The man who doesn’t make up his mind to cultivate the habit of thinking misses the greatest pleasure in life.

Commitment is taking the first step, even if it means falling the rest of the way down.