Angus Deaton : (5)

" Trade, migration, and modern communications have given us networks of friends and associates in other countries. We owe them much, but the social contract with our fellow citizens at home brings unique rights and responsibilities that must sometimes take precedence, especially when they are as destitute as the world’s poorest people. " - Angus Deaton

" Businesses have moved from doing business to doing lobbying, and I think that’s a very bad thing. " - Angus Deaton

" You can certainly draw a picture of 2016 which makes it look like the 1930s, which, of course, is what everyone is doing. " - Angus Deaton

" Economic growth is very important, but it is not the only thing, and it must be accompanied by sharing with those who are left behind, through effective social services and provision. " - Angus Deaton

" People on left have to better understand what are the benefits of inequality, and people on right have to understand better what the dangers are… It has to become properly hardwired into the American democratic debate in a way that it hasn’t really been. " - Angus Deaton