needs a political transition to make its government responsible and accountable to its people.

Private sector development and the creation of small businesses spur investment, jobs, opportunity, and hope. It empowers the market to meet local needs, whether for food, basic goods, or services.

The government needs to have signs on the freeway to inform people, but there's none of that. We're just crossing our fingers and hoping nothing happens.

It's complicated, and there are some parochially minded people we may have to convince, but I just think our needs have to be made secondary to this. Every crisis is an opportunity, if managed properly.

There are many roads to prosperity, but one must be taken. Inaction leads nowhere.

When I work with countries struggling to pay for budgets or finance trade deficits, I reflect on how Americans do not spend a moment considering the unique advantages of being able to issue bonds and print money freely.