“But while I loved all of these courses, there was an irresistible attraction of economics.”

Nationalization of private debts undermines prudential lender behavior and is a government intervention in the market.

If the President asked you to help, I don’t think anybody could refuse, unless one felt that one couldn’t be effective.

Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.

The U.S. basically wrote the rules and created the institutions of globalisation.

Development is about transforming the lives of people, not just transforming economies.

The reason that the invisible hand often seems invisible is that it is often not there.

Bitcoin is successful only because of its potential for circumvention, lack of oversight.

Macroeconomic policy can never be devoid of politics: it involves fundamental trade-offs and affects different groups differently.

The extra curricular activity in which I was most engaged – debating – helped shape my interests in public policy.

Multinational corporations must pay their fair share of taxes.

The more divided a society becomes in terms of wealth, the more reluctant the wealthy are to spend money on common needs.

Society can’t function without shared prosperity.

The only surprise about the economic crisis of 2008 was that it came as a surprise to so many.

Workers’ rights should be a central focus of development.

Climate change poses an existential threat to the planet that is no less dire than that posed by North Korea’s nuclear ambitions.

The problem is a lot of what is called economics is not economics. It is more ideology or religion.

The more true to ourselves we are, the more we gravitate and attract all the things that represent us. Therefore, the more we are alive.

There is nothing that is more often clothed in an attractive garb than a false creed.

Florida wants to change the state’s motto to attract younger people. They’re thinking about: More than just a great place to die.

Think of all the girls who could become top athletes but quit sports because they’re afraid of having too many defined muscles and being made fun of or called unattractive.

People almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attractive.

I’m very attracted to a girl’s eyes. I think you can tell a lot by a girl’s eyes

Men are most virile and most attractive between the ages of 35 and 55. Under 35 a man has too much to learn, and I don’t have time to teach him.

My wife is my closest friend. Sure, I’m attracted to her in every way possible, but that’s not the answer. Because I’ve been attracted to other people, and I couldn’t stand ’em after a while.