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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Everything you are experiencing in your life build you for what you asked for.