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

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.

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.

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.

The mother is the first teacher of the child. The message she gives that child, that child gives to the world.

I always try to do the unexpected in a novel way.

People always fear change. People feared electricity when it was invented, didn’t they?

In order to be irreplaceacle, one must always be different.

Time heals all wounds, and you will come back better and stronger.

Watch your actions, they become your habits. Watch your habits, they become your character.

The things that make me different are the things that make me.

There are two ways you can go with pain: You can let it destroy you or you can use it as fuel to drive you.