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

Loose money and light regulation were a toxic mixture. It exploded.

It is trust, more than money, that makes the world go round.

International lending banks need to focus on areas where private investment doesn’t go, such as infrastructure projects, education and poverty relief.

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.

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.

Fear is the greatest obstacle to learning. But fear is your best friend. Fear is like fire. If you learn to control it, you let it work for you. If you don’t learn to control it, it’ll destroy you and everything around you.

I’m an extremely private dude and all this is happening so damn quick. I really haven’t had any time to rationalize it. But it’s nothing that I’m going to let freak me out or take control of me or my thoughts or my real life.

I’m my daddy’s little warrior, I’m the writer of my destiny.

We all have to control our feelings. That’s the thing that separates us from animals.

Many people allow their need for other people’s approval to control their lives. They spend their lives worrying about what others think of them.

I probably do better not being in politics. They have too much control over you when you are in politics.

For me to have a cheeky little biscuit, it’s not going to hurt. But I need to control those indulgences. I can’t just be scoffing cakes and biscuits five nights a week.

No. I probably do better not being in politics. They have too much control over you when you are in politics.