Francis Fukuyama Quotes

As A Piece Of Travel Literature Alone, 'the Ends Of The Earth' Succeeds In Providing A Tangible Sense Of The Sweaty, Smelly Reality Of Many Exotic Points On The Map, With Glimpses Of Their Cruelty But Also, Occasionally, Of Beauty And Human Kindness. As A Piece Of Analysis, It Is Deeply Thought-provoking.

Be Afraid Of The Chinese. I Mean, The Chinese Shoot Down Satellites In Space; They Hack Into Google's Computers; The Osama Bin Laden People Can't Make Their Underwear Blow Up.

For Capitalism Flourishes Best In A Mobile And Egalitarian Society

Economic Activity Is Carried Out By Individuals In Organisations That Require A High Degree Of Social Co-operation

Neoclassical Economics ... Has Uncovered Important Truths About The Nature Of Money And Markets Because Its Fundamental Model Of Rational Self-interested Human Behavior Is Correct About 80% Of The Time.

If Networks Are To Be More Efficient...this Will Come About Only On The Basis Of A High Level Of Trust And The Existence Of Shared Norms Of Ethical Behavior Between Network Members

What Asia's Postwar Economic Miracle Demonstrates Is That Capitalism Is A Path Toward Economic Development That Is Potentially Available To All Countries. No Underdeveloped Country In The Third World Is Disadvantaged Simply Because It Began The Growth Process Later Than Europe, Nor Are The Established Industrial Powers Capable Of Blocking The Development Of A Latecomer, Provided That Country Plays By The Rules Of Economic Liberalism.

The Passing Of Marxism-leninism First From China And Then From The Soviet Union Will Mean Its Death As A Living Ideology ... . For While There May Be Some Isolated True Believers Left In Places Like Managua, Pyongyang, Or Cambridge, Ma.

The Desire For Economic Prosperity Is Itself Not Culturally Determined But Almost Universally Shared

To Truly Esteem Oneself Means That One Must Be Capable Of Feeling Shame Or Self-disgust When One Does Not Live Up To A Certain Standard

In The Future The Optimal Form Of Industrial Organization Will Be Neither Small Companies Nor Large Ones But Network Structures That Share The Advantages Of Both.

The Nation Will Continue To Be A Central Pole Of Identification, Even If More And More Nations Come To Share Common Economic And Political Forms Of Organization.