You know, this idea of going around the world imposing democracy by growing a middle-class, a trading merchant class that is independent of your faith, is a good notion, but we're all partially different - it's no good imposing systems on people that it doesn't suit.

Our thinking is that a healthy middle class is important to the city. We want to keep these people in Boston; they are the glue in the neighborhoods and the glue in the economy as well.

The middle class, that prisoner of the barbarian 20th century.

With a billion people and a huge middle class being created, how can you ignore it?

India has an increasingly well-funded middle class. Imagine a market of 100 million to 150 million people all able to consume.

I think Citigroup is one of the best ways to play the rising middle class around the world. It's obviously one of the premiere global plays in the financial services sector. Now with a combination of Salomon Smith Barney and Travelers, it reaches all different aspects of the financial services market and obviously it's a global play.