Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up by itself.

I get heartfelt thanks from all kinds of people. Today I heard from a waitress in Georgia who has lost her job and is trying to figure out how her local bank can change the terms on her credit card, and I heard from a physicist at a major research university who wants to explain a better theory of financial stress tests.

The relationship between an actor and a director is like a love story between a man and a woman. I'm sure sometimes I'm the woman.

I remain full time at brookings. I am not an employee of either firm. I am an outside senior adviser, this is it.