John Kenneth Galbraith Quotes

It is characteristic that this should take place just when it is becoming more and more clear to all who think about the matter, that technically and economically we have left the territorial state behind us.

Instead of saying that globalization is a fact, that it's inevitable, we've also got to demonstrate that while the growing interdependence of the world economy is indeed a fact, it's not uncontrollable.

Local and national politics have now become irretrievably global because their economies are locked into the global system.

National boundaries are blurred by advanced communications and global commerce, and by the decisions of States to yield some sovereign prerogatives to larger, common political associations.

A new forum is needed that reflects the realities of today's globalised world and the rising importance of emerging markets.

In our globalized world, what happens in one nation has a very real impact on everybody else.

We must take care that globalization does not become something people become afraid of.

The Eurasian union is a project meant to preserve the identities of nations and the historic Eurasian community in the new century, in a new world.

The main concept is that of an international solidarity expressed in practice through worldwide division of labor: free trade is the principal point in the program of internationalism.

I believe that national sovereignties will shrink in the face of universal interdependence.

People now realize that globalization is not only for the multi-nationals and the circulation of money.

Nations are becoming less relevant in a world where everyone and everything is interconnected. The connections that matter most are again becoming more personal.

Here we encounter two conflicting concepts with which we must come to grips in our time: the idea of national solidarity and the idea of international cooperation.

As we realize that more and more things have global impact, I think we're going to get people increasingly wanting to get away from a purely national interest.

The current global landscape is quite different from the not-too-distant past. The process of globalization has intensified, and the world is moving towards new forms of governance.

For virtually every area of public policy there is a globalist proposal, consistent with the overall objective of reducing individual nation-state autonomy, particularly that of the United States?

Increasingly national boundaries are unable to contain ideas, money or even people.

The forces of global integration are a great tide, inexorably wearing away the established order of things.

Employment no longer responds to governments …

The nation-state has become too small for the big problems of life and too big for the small problems.

The Nation is ceasing to be the leading form off the world’s structure; organizations transcending national boundaries are becoming more and more numerous and effective.

I believe - and so do most Puerto Ricans - that the ideas that will prevail in the new century will be those similar to the basic principles of commonwealth, of national reaffirmation, and political and economic integration among the peoples of the world.

Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean share a cultural heritage based on centuries of common history. And what is more, we share the same values and world view. We believe in a world order that is based on cooperation, on regionalism, on multilateralism.

The old 20th-century political model of Left vs. Right is now basically irrelevant, and the real divide today is between global and national, global or local. All over the world, this is not the main struggle.

Barack Obama doesn't think this country should be number one. If it were number 35 it'd be fine with him.