Growth in productivity has diverged from growth in the share that working people can expect right across advanced economies, but this trend started earlier and has been more pronounced in the U.S.

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.

Holding on to the past will hold you down in life. Learn from it but move on.

The injunction to be nice is used to deflect criticism and stifle the legitimate anger of dissent.

Universally, not only in Israel, people want to feel good about themselves. We all want to feel good to some extent.

Since ancient times, spiritual masters of all traditions have pointed to the Now as the key to the spiritual dimension. Despite this, it seems to have remained a secret.

But having set myself these goals, I had to work really hard to achieve them.

What are we fighting for? What are we killing for? What do you see when you look into the future?

I think it might be nice if there was a Cosimo de' Medici around today, offering commissions to the poor, but talented artists.

Grace is gratuitous; it is a gift.

I don't like when people dress intentionally ugly. Personally that's not my thing.

Prejudices are what rule the vulgar crowd.