--- title: "3 Irrational Quotes By Thomas Pogge" description: "3 Irrational quotes by Thomas Pogge. Plus more from Thomas Pogge and more Irrational sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/972/thomas-pogge-7757_clean_we-have-this-highly-irrational-system-of_714430.jpg" --- > [We have this highly irrational system of incentivizing innovation for clean and green technologies, where we allow the innovator to have a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-pogge/we-have-this-highly-irrational-system-of-incentivizing-innovation-for/) [Thomas Pogge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-pogge/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/972/thomas-pogge-7757_clean_we-have-this-highly-irrational-system-of_714430.jpg) > [It is irrational to charge high prices for socially valuable innovations as this guarantees that they will be underutilized. It is much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-pogge/it-is-irrational-to-charge-high-prices-for-socially-valuable/) [Thomas Pogge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-pogge/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f98/thomas-pogge-7757_agriculture_it-is-irrational-to-charge-high-prices-f_1379997.jpg) > [You may know that in India now the Tata car is becoming all the rage; you can buy it for one lakh…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-pogge/you-may-know-that-in-india-now-the-tata-car-is-becoming-all-the-rage/) [Thomas Pogge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-pogge/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35f/thomas-pogge-7757_becoming_you-may-know-that-in-india-now-the-tata_3215453.jpg) ## Other authors on Irrational - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-ayn-rand-15943.jpg) Ayn Rand 16 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/irrational/ayn-rand/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-noam-chomsky-71799.jpg) Noam Chomsky 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/irrational/noam-chomsky/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-erich-fromm-33632.jpg) Erich Fromm 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/irrational/erich-fromm/) - [Aristotle 8 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/irrational/aristotle/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-albert-ellis-10499.jpg) Albert Ellis 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/irrational/albert-ellis/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-friedrich-nietzsche-36363.jpg) Friedrich Nietzsche 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/irrational/friedrich-nietzsche/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-dan-ariely-26126.jpg) Dan Ariely 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/irrational/dan-ariely/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-karl-popper-55250.jpg) Karl Popper 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/irrational/karl-popper/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-christopher-hitchens-23938.jpg) Christopher Hitchens 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/irrational/christopher-hitchens/) ## More by Thomas Pogge > [I think that many citizens understand how our system works, or rather, fails to work, for structural reasons. But who has the capacity and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-pogge/i-think-that-many-citizens-understand-how-our-system-works-or-rather/) [Thomas Pogge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-pogge/) > [The massive corruption common in so many developing countries would be quite impossible if Western countries did not provide convenient opportunities to ship ill-gotten…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-pogge/the-massive-corruption-common-in-so-many-developing-countries-would/) [Thomas Pogge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-pogge/) > [What we should do is require or at least permit innovators to license their green innovations free of charge in exchange for public payments…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-pogge/what-we-should-do-is-require-or-at-least-permit-innovators-to-license/) [Thomas Pogge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-pogge/) > [You can get an ice-cold Coke for around fifty cents in most developing countries, not just in the major population centers, but at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-pogge/you-can-get-an-ice-cold-coke-for-around-fifty-cents-in-most/) [Thomas Pogge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-pogge/) > [I think one big improvement would be if we somehow made it cheaper and easier for developing countries to learn from the sad experience…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-pogge/i-think-one-big-improvement-would-be-if-we-somehow-made-it-cheaper/) [Thomas Pogge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-pogge/) > [Purchasing power parities are not a reasonable method for comparing households across countries or currencies. The reason for this is simply that PPPs are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-pogge/purchasing-power-parities-are-not-a-reasonable-method-for-comparing/) [Thomas Pogge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-pogge/) > [The extremely low respect Congress enjoys among the population indicates that the citizens understand broadly what's going on. But the lack of a realistic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-pogge/the-extremely-low-respect-congress-enjoys-among-the-population/) [Thomas Pogge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-pogge/) > [One citizen, or a few, may be powerless if all the rest are determined to benefit from the imposition of unjust supranational rules. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-pogge/one-citizen-or-a-few-may-be-powerless-if-all-the-rest-are-determined/) [Thomas Pogge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-pogge/) > [Severe poverty is getting better by some measures, but it's also becoming ever more scandalous because it is now so easily avoidable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-pogge/severe-poverty-is-getting-better-by-some-measures-but-it-s-also/) [Thomas Pogge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-pogge/) > [To improve global health, it's not enough just to have a really good new product and to obtain marketing approval. You still need to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-pogge/to-improve-global-health-it-s-not-enough-just-to-have-a-really-good/) [Thomas Pogge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-pogge/) > [We have the ability now to arrange global economic institutions so that poverty declines to a fraction of what it is now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-pogge/we-have-the-ability-now-to-arrange-global-economic-institutions-so/) [Thomas Pogge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-pogge/) > [Dictatorial regimes often manage to keep themselves in power because they are recognized by foreigners as representing the state and its people, and therefore…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-pogge/dictatorial-regimes-often-manage-to-keep-themselves-in-power-because/) [Thomas Pogge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-pogge/) > [Drafts of domestic legislation must be published, debated and publicly voted on, which gives ample opportunities to civil society organizations and ordinary citizens to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-pogge/drafts-of-domestic-legislation-must-be-published-debated-and-publicly/) [Thomas Pogge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-pogge/) > [In the United States there are only two exceptions: banks have to report deposits they suspect to be related to either terrorism or drug…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-pogge/in-the-united-states-there-are-only-two-exceptions-banks-have-to/) [Thomas Pogge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-pogge/) > [Large companies are very good at solving extremely complex problems in a globally optimal way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-pogge/large-companies-are-very-good-at-solving-extremely-complex-problems/) [Thomas Pogge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-pogge/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/irrational/thomas-pogge/#itemlist", "name": "3 Irrational Quotes By Thomas Pogge", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We have this highly irrational system of incentivizing innovation for clean and green technologies, where we allow the innovator to have a temporary monopoly and then mark up the price of the product or sell licenses at high prices to those who want to use the kind of product that the innovator has invented. 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