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> [My number-one recommendation is to invest in people. Humans that are well trained are the inputs into this discovery process. And there's big opportunities still, I think, to do a better job of investing in people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-romer/my-number-one-recommendation-is-to-invest-in-people-humans-that-are/)

[Paul Romer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-romer/)

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## More by Paul Romer

> [Charter Cities has been approached in many different ways, by many people acting as individuals or as representatives of organizations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-romer/charter-cities-has-been-approached-in-many-different-ways-by-many/)

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> [For a nation, the choices that determine whether income doubles in one generation or two dwarf all other economic policy concerns.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-romer/for-a-nation-the-choices-that-determine-whether-income-doubles-in-one/)

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> [Unfortunately, we don't have a bankruptcy process. Suppose the state actually just gets to the point where it cannot meet all of its promises…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-romer/unfortunately-we-don-t-have-a-bankruptcy-process-suppose-the-state/)

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> [I'd rather live in a world where firms don't have these enormous incentives to spy on individuals.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-romer/i-d-rather-live-in-a-world-where-firms-don-t-have-these-enormous/)

[Paul Romer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-romer/)

> [When we speak of institutions, economists mean more than just organizations. We mean conventions, even rules, about how things are done.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-romer/when-we-speak-of-institutions-economists-mean-more-than-just/)

[Paul Romer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-romer/)

> [Good law includes a commitment to transparency and an insistence that no person or entity with a conflict of interest should have influence on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-romer/good-law-includes-a-commitment-to-transparency-and-an-insistence-that/)

[Paul Romer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-romer/)

> [No one from Charter Cities, can have any financial interest in any project in Honduras; no one can accept consulting fees from the Honduran…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-romer/no-one-from-charter-cities-can-have-any-financial-interest-in-any/)

[Paul Romer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-romer/)

> [In the 1950s, Hong Kong was a place where millions of people could go, from the mainland, to start in jobs like sewing shirts,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-romer/in-the-1950s-hong-kong-was-a-place-where-millions-of-people-could-go/)

[Paul Romer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-romer/)

> [In the developing world, most people don't yet live in big well-run cities. Given the chance to move to one, hundreds of millions of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-romer/in-the-developing-world-most-people-don-t-yet-live-in-big-well-run/)

[Paul Romer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-romer/)

> [Fracking is an amazing instance of discovery of many things that come together to make it much cheaper to extract oil and gas. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-romer/fracking-is-an-amazing-instance-of-discovery-of-many-things-that-come/)

[Paul Romer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-romer/)

> [My number-one recommendation is to invest in people. Humans that are well trained are the inputs into this discovery process. And there's big opportunities…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-romer/my-number-one-recommendation-is-to-invest-in-people-humans-that-are/)

[Paul Romer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-romer/)

> [After 1960, anyone who wanted to discuss almost any aspect of U.S. public policy - from how to make cars safer to whether to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-romer/after-1960-anyone-who-wanted-to-discuss-almost-any-aspect-of-u-s/)

[Paul Romer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-romer/)

> [The economy is this huge innovation discovery machine. What the government can do usefully is to focus some of that effort where things turn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-romer/the-economy-is-this-huge-innovation-discovery-machine-what-the/)

[Paul Romer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-romer/)

> [One of the most powerful insights in economics is this idea of a division of labor. You do the thing you're good at. Other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-romer/one-of-the-most-powerful-insights-in-economics-is-this-idea-of-a/)

[Paul Romer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-romer/)

> [If you go back to the really long-run questions that interested me, the big question was why, over the centuries, the millennia, has growth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-romer/if-you-go-back-to-the-really-long-run-questions-that-interested-me/)

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