Angus Deaton quotes

Businesses have moved from doing business to doing lobbying, and I think that's a very bad thing. (Angus Deaton)
Political and legal institutions play a central role in setting the environment that can nurture prosperity and economic growth. View quote
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Inequality is not the same thing as unfairness; and, to my mind, it is the latter that has incited so much political turmoil in the rich world today. View quote
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The Nobel thing is like dying and going to heaven for a while. It's like being transported to a fairyland. View quote
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The people who hate immigrants are people who have never met them! View quote
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It's a murky world out there, and it's hard to figure things out sometimes. View quote
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The World Bank adjusts its poverty estimates for differences in prices across countries, but it ignores differences in needs. View quote
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Trade, migration, and modern communications have given us networks of friends and associates in other countries. We owe them much, but the social contract with our fellow citizens at home brings unique rights and responsibilities that must sometimes take precedence, especially when they are as destitute as the world's poorest people. View quote
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I believe, as do most people, that we have an obligation to assist the truly destitute. View quote
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If someone thinks of something, some new innovation that benefits us all, and the market works properly, they get richly rewarded for that, and that's just terrific, and that creates inequality. View quote
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Inequality is partly a marker of success. (Angus Deaton)
I really don't think we've become a plutocracy, but I worry about the enormous influence that money has in a democracy such as ours. View quote
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After a day's fishing, I'll know the solution to something or have good ideas that were not accessible before. View quote
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Those of us who were lucky enough to be born in the right countries have a moral obligation to reduce poverty and ill health in the world. View quote
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Success breeds inequality, and you don't want to choke off success. View quote
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Without effective states working with active and involved citizens, there is little chance for the growth that is needed to abolish global poverty. View quote
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We are trying to say that low income and low job opportunities, after a long period of time, tears at the social fabric. View quote
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You accumulate emotional wisdom as you get older. You know, when you're 25, you go on blind dates with people that, when you're 50, you know to stay away from. View quote
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Parents tend to value their lives more highly than people without kids, but they're different in lots of ways: They're richer. They're better educated. They're healthier. View quote
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People who have children, by and large, want children. People who don't want children are people who, by and large, don't want to have children. And why would you expect one set to be happier than another? View quote
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A lot of people, including me, are worried that inequality will lead to bad things. (Angus Deaton)
There is much that remains mysterious about why some countries grow rapidly and some grow slowly. View quote
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High quality, open, transparent, and uncensored data are needed to support democracy. View quote
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Policies aimed at reversing globalization will lead only to a decrease in real income as goods become more expensive. View quote
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A good theoretical account must explain all of the evidence that we see. If it doesn't work everywhere, we have no idea what we are talking about, and all is chaos. View quote
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