Once You Run Current-account Deficits, You Depend

All The Risky Things That Were Happening Back In ’06 And ‘07 Are Back Again To The Same Level, If Not More. So We Are In The Beginning Of A Credit Bubble, But Just The Beginning.

I Think Globalization Actually Maintains And Fosters Various Elements Of National And Cultural Identities. I Don't Think Everything Is Being Homogenized. If Anything, Your Food, Your Culture, And Your Ethnicity Might Become Part Of The Globalized World, And Thus Absorbed By Other Countries.

I Am Quite International. My Background, Born In Turkey. My Family Is A Jewish Family From Iran, So I Went From Turkey To Iran To Israel, And Then Grew Up In Italy And Ended Up In U.s. For Graduate School. So I Tend To Look At Things From An International Perspective, And I Think That Gives You A Little Bit Of A Broader View Of What's Going On.

I Am Just A Normal Human Being - I Am Alive! Why Is Anyone Surprised That I Am Human? Like Many New Yorkers, I Have A Multifaceted Life.

In An Extreme Credit Crunch, Leveraged Purchases Of Gold Cause Forced Sales, Because Any Price Correction Triggers Margin Calls. As A Result, Gold Can Be Very Volatile - Upward And Downward - At The Peak Of A Crisis.