Economic Activity Is Carried Out By Individuals

It Was The Slave's Continuing Desire For Recognition That Was The Motor Which Propelled History Forward, Not The Idle Complacency And Unchanging Self-identity Of The Master

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.

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.

China Is Never Going To Be A Global Model. Western System Is Really Broken In Some Fundamental Ways, But The Chinese System Is Not Going To Work Either. It Is A Deeply Unfair And Immoral System Where Everything Can Be Taken Away From Anyone In A Split Second.