Jose Angel Gurria

I say just put a big fat tax on carbon.

— Jose Angel Gurria

I was strongly against Brexit. I speechified against Brexit.

— Jose Angel Gurria

Integrity delivers better lives.

— Jose Angel Gurria

Israel is a producer of growth.

— Jose Angel Gurria

Our planet is warming dangerously.

— Jose Angel Gurria

Labour and land are always politically sensitive.

— Jose Angel Gurria

Our mission is to make the world economy work better.

— Jose Angel Gurria

You can accuse Europeans of being many things - except fast.

— Jose Angel Gurria

It will be crucial the E.U. and the U.K. maintain the closest economic relationship possible.

— Jose Angel Gurria

The City of London is always going to be there and will continue to be important.

— Jose Angel Gurria

It takes collaboration across a community to develop better skills for better lives.

— Jose Angel Gurria

Every single stage of reform becomes more difficult because you use political capital.

— Jose Angel Gurria

The OECD should promote everything that's consistent with its mandate, which is to make the world economy work better.

— Jose Angel Gurria

Uncertainty and fears of social decline and exclusion have reached the middle class in many societies.

— Jose Angel Gurria

Governments need to be seriously sceptical about whether new coal provides a good deal for their citizens.

— Jose Angel Gurria

The U.K. is much stronger as a part of Europe, and Europe is much stronger with the U.K. as a driving force.

— Jose Angel Gurria

Coal is the most carbon-intensive fuel available for electricity generation. The most urgent threat to climate policy is the scale of new…

— Jose Angel Gurria

There is no upside for the U.K. in Brexit. Only costs that can be avoided and advantages to be seized by remaining…

— Jose Angel Gurria

If you are trying to favor the unions by having more rigid labor market and keeping wages very high, you could be…

— Jose Angel Gurria

Gender equality is essential for ensuring that men and women can contribute fully at home, at work, and in public life for…

— Jose Angel Gurria

Nobody in their right mind will even attempt or even think of leaving the European Union, because they will understand that it…

— Jose Angel Gurria

Many governments are giving subsidies to fossil fuel production and consumption that encourage greenhouse gas emissions, at the same time as they…

— Jose Angel Gurria

Some challenges remain, but the bottom line is that low-carbon options can and should play a much greater role in energy supply.

— Jose Angel Gurria

Principles of fair and equitable treatment included in many treaties are uncontroversial as general principles of good public governance.

— Jose Angel Gurria

The whole banking sector in Mexico was literally bankrupt. For whatever reason, instead of intervening in the sector or supporting the banks,…

— Jose Angel Gurria

Ensuring a better future for all South Africans will require increased access to higher education, a stronger and fairer labour market, deeper…

— Jose Angel Gurria

By assessing the capabilities and knowledge of students in the highest-performing and most rapidly improving education systems, the OECD's Program for International…

— Jose Angel Gurria

We never tell countries that they should have a particular number in terms of a tax number, you know, if countries can…

— Jose Angel Gurria

The OECD advocates a risk-based approach to water security and is calling on governments to speed up their efforts to improve efficiency…

— Jose Angel Gurria

Governments must address inconsistencies in their energy strategies, consider the links with broader economic policies, and stop sending mixed signals to consumers,…

— Jose Angel Gurria

While we have put an utmost emphasis on Gross Domestic Products (GDP) as a barometer for the overall economy until now, we…

— Jose Angel Gurria

Some refugees will find it relatively easy to find jobs. A university-educated Syrian civil engineer arriving in Munich will need to learn…

— Jose Angel Gurria

It is not good to cut exports or imports.

— Jose Angel Gurria

Economic resources are not all that matter in people's lives.

— Jose Angel Gurria

The social contract is starting to unravel in many countries.

— Jose Angel Gurria

'Tax' is a bad word for politicians.

— Jose Angel Gurria

There is no reason for women to trail behind men in social, economic, and political outcomes.

— Jose Angel Gurria

Why did we lose Brexit? Why, because 60 per cent of youth didn't believe they needed to go and vote.

— Jose Angel Gurria

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

Providing investors with recourse against governments is valuable.

— Jose Angel Gurria