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

What you measure affects what you do. If you don’t measure the right thing, you don’t do the right thing.

Poverty is what we call the extremes at the bottom.

When you don’t have equality of opportunity because you don’t have equal access to education, it just seems so outrageous. It weakens our economy and leads to more inequality.

Economists often like startling theorems, results which seem to run counter to conventional wisdom.

American inequality didn’t just happen. It was created.

GDP tells you nothing about sustainability.

When I said “the pocket of the banks,” it is not necessarily a mercenary relationship. It is a mindset.

Amherst is a liberal arts college, committed to providing students with a broad education.

Anybody who knows about capitalism knows that bankruptcy is an essential part of capitalism.

Climate change is a reality.

We won’t have an economic recovery until Covid-19 is under control.

It’s easy to get rich by getting a state asset at a deep discount.

I grew up in a family in which political issues were often discussed, and debated intensely.

Inequality is a choice. It is not inevitable.

Letting bygones be bygones is a basic principle in economics.

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

I didn’t ask because I was afraid of the answer.

You’re not asking for too much you’re asking the wrong person.

Great people grab everything they deserve by the balls. No need to ask for permission when you know you deserve it.

A little bit of love is all that the world is asking from you.

All giving is asking, and all asking is an asking for love.

You can’t keep asking for a particular relationship and hold a negative view of love.  

Whisper your dream to a cloud. Ask the cloud to remember it.

Asking for help is a weakness but accepting the weakness and overcoming the problem is a strength.