I think they got the facts wrong. There was no case of insider trading. |
I'm not doing my philanthropic work, out of any kind of guilt, or any need to create good public relations. I'm doing it because I can afford to do it, and I believe in it. |
I'm very worried about the supply-demand balance, which is very tight. |
If you have the rule of law, then you're going to get investment in factories. You have to assure or give a sense of assurance to investors in direct investments that they will be fairly treated and that their property rights are respected. |
In my old age I have become somewhat conservative, ... But we will probably have a more mediocre performance because of the multi-manager structure, because to some extent managers can cancel each other out. |
International capital flows must have been at the root of the problem, |
It is a bizarre thing because I was the only one who was found guilty when the whole of the French establishment was involved, |
It sounds like a careful step, not a huge expansion |
It will require, I think, the release of funds and perhaps even an increased package to bring stability, ... Everything that could have been done wrong has been done wrong. |
It's a very, very troubling and troublesome development. |
Markets are constantly in a state of uncertainty and flux and money is make by discounting the obvious and betting on the unexpected. |
Markets are constantly in a state of uncertainty and flux and money is make by discounting the obvious and betting on the unexpected. |
Most of the capital (in Indonesia) is in the hands of limited business groups, which don't feel so secure here. Any slightest risk will cause them take their money to Singapore. |
Most of the poverty and misery in the world is due to bad government, lack of democracy, weak states, internal strife, and so on. |
My foundations support people in the country who care about an open society. It's their work that I'm supporting. So it's not me doing it. But I can empower them. I can support them, and I can help them. |