The world of the twenty-first century is a world of feasible priorities. The world of the twenty-first century is the world of cornucopia and utopia, the world where the History of Tomorrow has to be explored, the world of creative construction.

For years I read the work of the best development economists of our time. I read "The End of Poverty". I read "The bottom billion". I read "The White Man's Burden". I came to the conclusion that my favorite economist is Mr.