One thing America gets right is being open to innovation. Canada and Scandinavia have to do better on that. Chrystia Freeland Read Quote
If you’ve developed an ideology that what’s good for you personally also happens to be good for everyone else, that’s quite wonderful because there’s no moral tension. Chrystia Freeland Read Quote
I think Obama and the economists around him have a very sophisticated understanding of both globalization and the technology revolution and the impact they’re having on the world economy and they way they’re creating these winner-take-all spirals. Chrystia Freeland Read Quote
When Canada works to counter extremism and terrorism, particularly in the Middle East, Israel is always a natural partner and a close ally. Chrystia Freeland Read Quote
Sometimes who is going to be taking care of all of my kids on any given day is more complicated than any trade agreement. Chrystia Freeland Read Quote
It’s good to be good at playing defence, but the best defence is a strong offence. Chrystia Freeland Read Quote
The one source of criticism even the most repressive authoritarian leader cannot silence is the outside world. Autocrats are usually thin-skinned and like to be admired, so at least, at first, they often seek to be praised abroad. Chrystia Freeland Read Quote
Western investment is usually assumed to walk hand-in-hand with the democratic values of its home countries, and indeed, opening an economy to outside money is one of the textbook steps in a shift from authoritarianism to an open society. Chrystia Freeland Read Quote
Motherhood may be a ‘killer’ when it comes to becoming a Master of the Universe, but among middle-class mothers, even after that touch of baby’s lips to bosom, a big and growing number find themselves able – and often required – to bring home the family bacon. Chrystia Freeland Read Quote
If you doubt that we live in a winner-take-all economy and that education is the trump card, consider the vast amounts the affluent spend to teach their offspring. Chrystia Freeland Read Quote
