“Today, you have 20 percent of the world controlling 80 percent of the Gross Domestic Product; you've got a $30 trillion (US) world economy, and $24 trillion of it is in the developed countries... These inequities can't exist. So if you are talking about systemic breakdown, I think you have to look in terms of social breakdown.” IfsThinkingWorldLooksCountryTodaySocialTermTalkingEconomyProductsPercentCapitalismGrossBreakdownWorld EconomyDeveloped CountryGross Domestic Product Author:James Wolfensohn
“But when someone is on a winning horse, and everything looks wonderful, it's very hard as an outsider to persuade them something is wrong.” LooksHardWinningWonderfulHorseOutsiders Author:James Wolfensohn
“As you look at the flow of Muslim fundamentalism, or fundamentalism in various areas and various religions, they all play on the people who have very little.” PeopleLooksLittlesPlayAreasFlowVariousFundamentalism Author:James Wolfensohn