Steven Frank:

Old Worlders have to come to grips with the fact that a lot of things we are used to are going away. Maybe not for a while, but they are.

George Packer:

I see one of the ugliest political periods in my lifetime, which has seen a few.

Martin Wolf:

A lost decade seems quite likely.

Tim Henderson:

After watching their parents -- typically both of them -- work ever longer hours in an increasingly around-the-clock and competitive world, 20-somethings wonder whether their 20s will be the best time of their lives or will be spent doggedly climbing the career ladder.

Tom Friedman:

We're entering an era where being in politics is going to be more than anything else about taking things away from people. It's going to be very, very interesting.

Tony Travers:

London is becoming a First World core surrounded by what seems to be going from a second to a Third World population.

Paul Volcker:

Today's concerns may soon become tomorrow's existential crises.

Paul Krugman:

We are now, I fear, in the early stages of a third depression.

Richard Florida:

We have come to an economic juncture where we must re-examine even our most cherished beliefs.