Ian Bremmer Quotes

Ian Arthur Bremmer is an American political scientist specializing in U.S. foreign policy, states in transition, and global political risk. He is the president and founder of Eurasia Group, a political risk research and consulting firm with offices in New York City, Washington, London, Tokyo, São Paulo, San Francisco, and Singapore. As of December 2014, he is foreign affairs columnist and editor-at-large at Time. In 2013, he was named Global Research Professor at New York University. Eurasia Group provides analysis and expertise about how political developments and national security dynamics move markets and shape investment environments across the globe.

✵ 12. November 1969
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Famous Ian Bremmer Quotes

“In China, the state controls the corporations, whereas in the United States, the corporations control the state.”

"Dambisa Moyo's 6 Favorite Books," http://theweek.com/article/index/212693/dambisa-moyos-6-favorite-books The Week (March 4, 2011).

“State capitalism is about more than emergency government spending, implementation of more intelligent regulation, or a stronger social safety net. It’s about state dominance of economic activity for political gain.”

"The End of the Free Market: Six Questions for Ian Bremmer," http://harpers.org/archive/2010/05/hbc-90006994 Harper's (May 7, 2010).

“It's very clear to me–you do not want corporations captured by states. Equally you do not want states captured by corporations.”

"The West Should Fear the Growth of State Capitalism," http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/7883061/The-West-should-fear-the-growth-of-state-capitalism-Ian-Bremmer.html The Daily Telegraph (July 10, 2010).

“The great thing about partisanship is you don't have to spend time understanding the issues to know what side you're on.”

https://twitter.com/ianbremmer/status/569544806084567040 Twitter (February 22, 2015).

“I believe that if you go and ask a chief executive of a Goldman Sachs or a BP, and they answer you honestly…they want monopolies, they want government subsidies, they want preferences – they're not interested in free markets.”

"The West Should Fear the Growth of State Capitalism," http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/7883061/The-West-should-fear-the-growth-of-state-capitalism-Ian-Bremmer.html The Daily Telegraph (July 10, 2010).

Ian Bremmer Quotes

“In the last 21 months, if you've learnt anything, it's that the state is back. If the free market fails, it's not because it's been defeated by state capitalism; the only people that can defeat the free market is us, we're the only ones who can destroy it.”

"The West Should Fear the Growth of State Capitalism," http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/7883061/The-West-should-fear-the-growth-of-state-capitalism-Ian-Bremmer.html The Daily Telegraph (July 10, 2010).

“Up until now Washington has worried that terrorists will become hackers. Perhaps we all should worry that hackers will become terrorists.”

"Cyberteeth Bared," http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/23/opinion/23iht-edbremmer23.html?_r=1&ref=wikileaks The International Herald Tribune (December 22, 2010).

“New York used to be the financial capital of the world. It's no longer even the financial capital of the U. S. For the moment, Washington is.”

"The New Capitals of Capital," http://fearandloathingingtown.blogspot.com/2009/03/quote-of-day_21.html Forbes (March 19, 2009).

“The free market tide has now receded. In its place has come state capitalism, a system in which the state functions as the leading economic actor and uses markets primarily for political gain.”

"State Capitalism Comes of Age," http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/64948/ian-bremmer/state-capitalism-comes-of-age Foreign Affairs (May/June 2009).

“The G-Zero isn't aspirational, it's analytic. Unfortunately, it's also where we are.”

"This Year's Davos Buzzword: G-Zero," http://eurasia.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/01/26/this_years_davos_buzzword_g_zero Foreign Policy (January 26, 2011).

“It's not a third way between state capitalism and free markets, it is the free market way. Multi-national corporations should be the principal actors, but they should be properly regulated.”

"The West Should Fear the Growth of State Capitalism," http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/7883061/The-West-should-fear-the-growth-of-state-capitalism-Ian-Bremmer.html The Daily Telegraph (July 10, 2010).

“When you're leaving your teenage kids alone, probably a good idea to let them know you're going to be checking in on them occasionally. I suspect Greenspan missed that part.”

"Revenge of the Tweets," http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Film/Pix/pictures/2007/04/18/networkmadashell460.jpg&imgrefurl=http://eurasia.foreignpolicy.com/blog/2193&h=300&w=460&sz=33&tbnid=F-e94iI8HqmXkM:&tbnh=83&tbnw=128&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dian%2Bbremmer&hl=en&usg=__v6DBDglY6u0vJLee5RL8ub5Pdzs=&sa=X&ei=VFEeTNuJLcGB8gb81ZWFDA&ved=0CDoQ9QEwBQ Foreign Policy (May 10, 2010).

“An emerging market is a country where politics matters at least as much as economics to the market.”

"Managing Risk in an Unstable World," http://custom.hbsp.com/b01/en/implicit/product.jhtml?login=BREM060105&password=BREM060105&pid=1126 Harvard Business Review (June 2005).

“Everyone's talked about Bank of America and Citigroup and the rest being too big to fail, but no, no, no. The most important point…is that the US must be perceived to be too big to fail.”

"The West Should Fear the Growth of State Capitalism," http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/7883061/The-West-should-fear-the-growth-of-state-capitalism-Ian-Bremmer.html The Daily Telegraph (July 10, 2010).

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