Inequality is not the same thing as unfairness; and, to my mind, it is the latter that has incited so much political… — Angus Deaton Copy Share Image
I think inequality has gone past the point where it's helping us all get rich, and it's really becoming a serious threat. — Angus Deaton Copy Share Image
It's hard to think that Mark Zuckerberg is actually impoverishing anyone by getting rich with Facebook. But driverless cars are another matter… — Angus Deaton Copy Share Image
The World Bank adjusts its poverty estimates for differences in prices across countries, but it ignores differences in needs. — Angus Deaton Copy Share Image
International development aid is based on the Robin Hood principle: take from the rich and give to the poor. — Angus Deaton Copy Share Image
The globalization that has rescued so many in poor countries has harmed some people in rich countries, as factories and jobs migrated… — Angus Deaton Copy Share Image
As recognized since ancient times, the coexistence of very rich and very poor leads to two possibilities, neither a happy one. The… — Angus Deaton Copy Share Image
Americans, like many citizens of rich countries, take for granted the legal and regulatory system, the public schools, health care and social… — Angus Deaton Copy Share Image
I'm in favor of inequality if it comes about from people making great innovations that make us all better off. And I… — Angus Deaton Copy Share Image
The absence of state capacity - that is, of the services and protections that people in rich countries take for granted -… — Angus Deaton Copy Share Image
I don't think income solely determines health. I think lots of other things determine health. — Angus Deaton Copy Share
I, who do not believe in socialized health-care, would advocate a single-payment system... because it will get this monster that we've created out of… — Angus Deaton Copy Share
Many people have mixed views about unions, but unions used to give people some measure of control at work. They gave them a social… — Angus Deaton Copy Share
I've always - and not always happily - considered myself an outsider. Certainly at Fettes. And then the Scots are always outsiders in England.… — Angus Deaton Copy Share
People who have children, by and large, want children. People who don't want children are people who, by and large, don't want to have… — Angus Deaton Copy Share
The first thing we need to understand when we think about globalization is that it has benefited an enormous number of people who are… — Angus Deaton Copy Share
High quality, open, transparent, and uncensored data are needed to support democracy. — Angus Deaton Copy Share
“It can be bad if the winners try to stop others from following them, pulling up the ladders behind them.” — Angus Deaton Copy Share
A good theoretical account must explain all of the evidence that we see. If it doesn't work everywhere, we have no idea what we… — Angus Deaton Copy Share
Growth does not bring any 'automatic' improvement in the health component of wellbeing. — Angus Deaton Copy Share
In Scotland, I was brought up to think of policemen as allies and to ask one for help when I needed it. — Angus Deaton Copy Share
It's hard to know what's going to be replaced by technology tomorrow. It feels like we're all at risk. I feel only safe as… — Angus Deaton Copy Share
The history of Montana has been of the government giving land grants to people that could not possibly turn it into decent farms. And… — Angus Deaton Copy Share
I have the great good fortune that one of my collaborators in work, Anne Case, is also my collaborator in life. — Angus Deaton Copy Share
