" Indeed, it was the British Empire that, in tandem with the American democratic capitalist system, created the global economy as we know it, based as it is on consumer-driven markets, rule of law, and the ideal—at least in North America, Europe, and a growing number of emerging nations—of free and open societies. Especially "

― Jeffrey E. Garten , From Silk to Silicon: The Story of Globalization Through Ten Extraordinary Lives