I've written about how mortality is a wonderful indicator of societal progress. — Angus Deaton Death Copy Share Image
High quality, open, transparent, and uncensored data are needed to support democracy. — Angus Deaton Data Copy Share Image
International development aid is based on the Robin Hood principle: take from the rich and give to the poor. — Angus Deaton Development aid Copy Share Image
Aid can only reach the victims of war by paying off the warlords and, sometimes, extending the war. — Angus Deaton Copy Share Image
Businesses have moved from doing business to doing lobbying, and I think that's a very bad thing. — Angus Deaton Copy Share Image
International cooperation is vital to keeping our globe safe, commerce flowing, and our planet habitable. — Angus Deaton Business Copy Share Image
Without properly functioning civil courts, there is no guarantee that innovative entrepreneurs can claim the rewards of their ideas. — Angus Deaton Business Copy Share Image
Inequality is not the same thing as unfairness; and, to my mind, it is the latter that has incited so much political… — Angus Deaton Inequality Copy Share Image
The call to rein in globalization reflects a belief that it has eliminated jobs in the West, sending them East and South.… — Angus Deaton Belief Copy Share Image
Inequality is not so much a cause of economic, political, and social processes as a consequence. Some of these processes are good,… — Angus Deaton Copy Share Image
A good theoretical account must explain all of the evidence that we see. If it doesn't work everywhere, we have no idea… — Angus Deaton Chaos Copy Share Image
I don't think equality is intrinsically valuable, meaning in and of itself. I'm not against inequality... if Bill Gates gets another hundred… — Angus Deaton Equality Copy Share Image
Political and legal institutions play a central role in setting the environment that can nurture prosperity and economic growth. — Angus Deaton Economic growth Copy Share Image
I feel passionately about measurement - about how difficult it is, about how much theory and conceptualization is involved in measurement, and… — Angus Deaton Copy Share Image
I was born in Edinburgh, in Scotland, a few days after the end of the Second World War. Both my parents had… — Angus Deaton Age Copy Share Image
The educational highlights I remember were not in the classroom. My father spent a lot of time with me when he could.… — Angus Deaton Education 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
Globalization obviously has the potential to be good. That doesn't mean it's good for everybody. There's a very large number of people… — Angus Deaton America Copy Share Image
I didn't care for school much - it was very strict, corporal punishment in the form of the 'tawse' was common and… — Angus Deaton Copy Share Image
Globalization and technical change are the guarantee of our future prosperity. And reversing on that will not only make things worse, but… — Angus Deaton Around the world Copy Share Image
You can find episodes like the flu epidemic or war times when mortality rates go up, but sustained increases in mortality for… — Angus Deaton Death 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 Americans Copy Share Image
I don't think that globalisation is anywhere near the threat that robots are. — Angus Deaton Copy Share Image
The people who hate immigrants are people who have never met them! — Angus Deaton Hate Copy Share Image
Growth does not bring any 'automatic' improvement in the health component of wellbeing. — Angus Deaton Growth Copy Share Image
I have the great good fortune that one of my collaborators in work, Anne Case, is also my collaborator in life. — Angus Deaton Fortune 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 know what's going to be replaced by technology tomorrow. It feels like we're all at risk. I feel only… — Angus Deaton Copy Share Image
I grew up pretty poor - not poor compared with people in India or Africa who are really poor, but poor enough… — Angus Deaton Copy Share Image
We are trying to say that low income and low job opportunities, after a long period of time, tears at the social… — Angus Deaton Job Copy Share Image
Those of us who were lucky enough to be born in the right countries have a moral obligation to reduce poverty and… — Angus Deaton Copy Share Image
Parents tend to value their lives more highly than people without kids, but they're different in lots of ways: They're richer. They're… — Angus Deaton Copy Share Image
When I was a boy living in Edinburgh in Scotland, especially in December, when the hours of daylight were few, and it… — Angus Deaton Cold 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 Globalization Copy Share Image
I really don't think we've become a plutocracy, but I worry about the enormous influence that money has in a democracy such… — Angus Deaton Democracy Copy Share Image
The first thing we need to understand when we think about globalization is that it has benefited an enormous number of people… — Angus Deaton Elite 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 Absence Copy Share Image
Despite broad public support, raising the minimum wage is always difficult owing to the disproportionate influence that wealthy firms and donors have… — Angus Deaton Copy Share Image
