The World Is Flat/Friedman p.325-339

327 Culture of tolerance…tolerance breeds trust, and trust is the foundation of innovation and entrepreneurship. Increase the level of trust in any group, company, or society, and only good things happen.

330 Intangible things. A society’s ability and willingness to pull together and sacrifice for the sake of economic development and the presence in society of leaders with the vision to see what needs to be done in terms of development and the willingness to use power to push for change

335 countries should focus on creating jobs that add higher value. Only if more productive companies with higher-value added activities replace less productive ones can middle income economies continue down the development path.

336 Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.
339 Everyone wants economic growth, but nobody wants to change