Chrystia Freeland

A general charge of crony capitalism is easy to make. But dividing the 'bad' crony capitalists from the 'good' innovative entrepreneurs is much harder to do. And sorting them out without creating a new group of crony capitalists may be the hardest thing of all. ”

I have always liked hanging out with people and talking to people. ”

Plutocrats worldwide have readily understood the advantages of evading the burdens of the nation-state. ”

It's good to be good at playing defence, but the best defence is a strong offence. ”

We in Canada are not going to say Muslims are worse than Christians or are worse than Jews or are worse than atheists. ”

People don't just want to be rich and successful, they want to be good. ”

I lived in Moscow for four years and really, really enjoyed it, and I have a really deep love for the Russian language and Russian culture. ”

Most of the conversation about how geopolitics is changing in the 21st century focuses on the shift from west to east and on how we're moving from the bipolar power equation of the Cold War to a new bipolar relationship, that of the U.S. and China, that determines the mood music for everyone else. ”

I love the Internet. I love my mobile devices. I love the fact that they mean that whoever chooses to will be able to watch this talk far beyond this auditorium. ”

In practice, getting rid of crony capitalism is incredibly difficult. ”