We are transitioning rapidly from a traditional manufacturing and agricultural society to a competitive global economy based on an economy of knowledge, innovation and an entrepreneurial mindset

This new global economy, it's all based on the sea routes.

We know that a college degree is rapidly becoming the price of admission to the global economy.

The whole of the global economy is based on supplying the cravings of two per cent of the world's population.

A knowledge economy doesn't mean producing doctorates, although there is a perception that higher-level skills drive the economy. It's too simplistic to say that one follows the other. There is no belief at the OECD that the production of advanced degrees is a formula for economic success.

Human experience depends on everything that can influence states of the human brain, ranging from changes in our genome to changes in the global economy.