The social contract is starting to unravel in many countries. — Jose Angel Gurria Contracts Copy Share Image
Economic resources are not all that matter in people's lives. — Jose Angel Gurria Economic Copy Share Image
You can accuse Europeans of being many things - except fast. — Jose Angel Gurria Accuse Copy Share Image
I was strongly against Brexit. I speechified against Brexit. — Jose Angel Gurria Against Copy Share Image
I was an economist out of the National University of Mexico, where you lived the realities of Mexico all the time. — Jose Angel Gurria Mexico Copy Share Image
Those who argue for Brexit are wrong, and that is because they have not been properly informed about the costs. — Jose Angel Gurria Brexit Copy Share Image
Words must be matched by action if change is to become lasting. — Jose Angel Gurria Action Copy Share Image
The idea that if governments open up and become more democratic they will fall is a false dilemma. — Jose Angel Gurria Become Copy Share Image
When, as an individual, you are not paying taxes, it is evasion. As a corporate, it is legal shrewdness or tax engineering. — Jose Angel Gurria Engineering Copy Share Image
Providing investors with recourse against governments is valuable. — Jose Angel Gurria Against Copy Share Image
I have family who are British citizens and who want to be citizens of the world and citizens of the E.U. — Jose Angel Gurria British Copy Share Image
Everywhere, you have a fatigue for reform... that's very serious. — Jose Angel Gurria Everywhere Copy Share Image
In a country like Mexico, you can't forget about poverty - about how half of the population lives in poverty, and how… — Jose Angel Gurria Country Copy Share Image
The OECD should respond directly to the specific needs of the member countries. You basically say, 'What works?' You don't have to… — Jose Angel Gurria Bank Copy Share Image
More dangerous than voting for change... is that people no longer vote because they have lost trust not only in governments but… — Jose Angel Gurria Change Copy Share Image
We need to achieve zero emissions from fossil fuel sources by the second half of the century. That doesn't mean by 2050… — Jose Angel Gurria Achieve Copy Share Image
Reforms to product and labour markets, education, innovation, green growth, competition, taxes, health - they are the things that should be the… — Jose Angel Gurria Change Copy Share Image
There probably could be some mileage in running a comparative study about how best to finance electoral campaigns around the world. — Jose Angel Gurria Around Copy Share Image
A more robust approach to global warming is needed if we are to avoid catastrophe. Unlike the recent financial crisis, there is… — Jose Angel Gurria Climate Copy Share Image
In a world that places a growing premium on social skills, education systems need to do much better at fostering those skills… — Jose Angel Gurria Better Copy Share Image
Our work at the OECD shows that migration, if well managed, can spur growth and innovation. Unfortunately, in the past, migration has… — Jose Angel Gurria Always Copy Share Image
European leaders cannot afford to be afraid. The refugee crisis is not one from which they can opt out. No magic wand… — Jose Angel Gurria Crisis Copy Share Image
We need to make growth greener, to make our economic and environmental policies more compatible and even mutually-reinforcing. This is not just… — Jose Angel Gurria Behave Copy Share Image
The concept of national treatment is a core component of investment and trade agreements. It promotes valuable competition on a level playing… — Jose Angel Gurria China Copy Share Image
In a globally interdependent world, a better financial and investment system cannot be achieved on a country-by-country basis. There may be no… — Jose Angel Gurria Better Copy Share Image
You do need more revenues, and you do need to cut expenses. But you also don't want to go in a direction… — Jose Angel Gurria Creation Copy Share Image
Most businesses do not take governments seriously when it comes to climate, primarily because many governments have inconsistent and incoherent policies and… — Jose Angel Gurria Business Copy Share Image
It isn't only rich countries that suffer from the effects of tax havens. Developing countries also lose billions of dollars in tax… — Jose Angel Gurria Developing Copy Share Image
I said a vote to leave would be a Brexit tax. I couldn't think of anything stronger than that. — Jose Angel Gurria Anything Copy Share Image
We cannot sustain long-term growth in our economies if we do not protect and preserve our environment. — Jose Angel Gurria Cannot Copy Share Image
We are totally schizophrenic. We are trying to reduce emissions, and we subsidize the consumption of fossil fuels. — Jose Angel Gurria Climate Copy Share Image
I think there are going to be more countries joining the euro. — Jose Angel Gurria Countries Copy Share Image
