Germany is using its Energiewende policy as a way of envisioning a green transformation and innovation across many sectors.

We should be investing where the public returns are greatest - that is in innovation.

Rethinking capitalism means rethinking the role of the public sector, the role of the private sector, the role of finance, and the relationship between them all.

Fixing markets isn't enough. We have to actively shape and create them and tilt the playing field in the direction of the growth we want.

Unfortunately, simplistic framing of problems leads to simplistic answers.

Markets are not static entities that are 'intervened' in (for good or bad) but are outcomes of public and private interactions.

People work hard and companies make big profits, but employees don't see that they share in the wealth they help to create.

Once we admit that the public sector takes an immense amount of risk along the entire innovation chain, it becomes crucial to find ways to share both risks and rewards.

The globalized nature of production and innovation means that the benefits don't necessarily stay in the country where the investments are made.

Most venture capital funds are too short-termist and exit-driven to deal with the highly uncertain and lengthy innovation process.

While infrastructure is of course important, it must be part of a bigger vision. The point is not to simply dig ditches but to steer those investments towards transformational growth.

victimnoun ˈvik-təm 1. The moment you tell everyone you have a mental disorder, in order to excuse your behavior.

Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create that fact.

Earlier today, the White House released President Bush's tax return. Not surprisingly, under dependents, the president listed Iraq

The major value in life is not what you get. The major value in life is what you become.

Nothing is so great an instance of ill-manners as flattery.

I want all of my songs to do well whether I've written them or not.

The irony of loneliness is that everybody shares it from time to time.

Even a total and universal disarmament does not guarantee the maintenance of peace.

We're in such a volatile climate right now politically. I think they didn't want Assassins to not succeed due to popular opinion and politics, versus on its own merits. I can respect that.

That state is best ordered when the wicked have no command, and the good have.