Just as an individual's ability to delay gratification at a young age is a powerful predictor of future academic and professional achievement, discipline is also central to the long-run economic health of nations. — Peter Blair Henry Copy Share Image
A government decision that slashes spending at the wrong time and sends a weak economy into a tailspin can be just as undisciplined as one that unleashes a wasteful spending spree in an overheated environment. — Peter Blair Henry Copy Share Image
Good economic policy requires not so much the bravado to implement drastic change as the strength and wisdom to make reasonable trade-offs over the… — Peter Blair Henry Copy Share Image
Economic growth creates jobs, and countries grow when they educate their people and pursue policies that encourage households to save, existing businesses to invest,… — Peter Blair Henry Copy Share Image
Just as an individual's ability to delay gratification at a young age is a powerful predictor of future academic and professional achievement, discipline is… — Peter Blair Henry Copy Share Image
I think my wife would take objection to any characterization of me as perfect. — Peter Blair Henry Copy Share Image
You can actually make a lot of money and do a lot of good in the world. I don't see those things as being… — Peter Blair Henry Copy Share Image
I think that whether you're on the right or on the left as an economist or as a policy maker, every serious analyst I… — Peter Blair Henry Copy Share Image
I was born in Jamaica but was educated by, and now serve, prestigious First World institutions, so I believe that I have a unique,… — Peter Blair Henry Copy Share Image
Business is one of the most powerful institutions on Earth for creating wealth and opportunity and helping to lift people out of poverty. When… — Peter Blair Henry Copy Share Image
I'm generally slow to anger, quick to forgive, and I take in information before making decisions. So no matter how controversial the decision, my… — Peter Blair Henry Copy Share Image
Because I come from a place like Jamaica, which is a small, open economy, I viscerally get the importance of the global economy. — Peter Blair Henry Copy Share Image
It's probably indicative that I was destined for an academic career that I'm 6-5 and I lost the slam-dunk championship to somebody 5-8. I… — Peter Blair Henry Copy Share Image
