Things happening around the world are affecting you and me.

I occasionally find myself reluctant to be pulled into a world that's not mine, in the sense that I'm not a religious guy.

There is a huge crisis of employment in America, in the Western world in general.

In a world awash in debt, power shifts to creditors.

If we didn't have the rest of the world growing, the United States economy would be in much worse shape than it is today.

The tallest building in the world is now in Dubai, the biggest factory in the world is in China, the largest oil refinery is in India, the largest investment fund in the world is in Abu Dhabi, the largest Ferris wheel in the world is in Singapore.