Having your fiscal house in order and having a more manageable macro-economic future is going to be very useful in creating growth.

I very much want to be in the business of creating content, of doing stories all over the world rather than figuring out what the business model is for 'Newsweek' on the iPad, although that's very important work as well.

It is absolutely clear that government plays a key role, as a catalyst, in promoting long-run growth.

In a very weak economy, when you say 'cut government spending,' what you mean is you're laying off school teachers and you're de-funding various programs that put money into the economy. This means you have more unemployed people that then draw unemployment benefits and don't pay taxes.

When you're failing, there's a very powerful incentive to put ideology aside and just do what seems to work.

There is very strong historical data that suggests the way societies grow is by making large, long-term investments.