Dragged Quotes
Globalisation, for me, seems to be not first-order harm, and I find it very hard not to think about the billion people who have been dragged out of poverty as a result.
Angus Deaton
About, Been, Billion, Dragged, Find, Globalisation, Hard, Harm, Me, Out, People, Poverty, Result, Seems, Think, Very, Who
International cooperation is vital to keeping our globe safe, commerce flowing, and our planet habitable. Angus Deaton
Keeping, Planet, Commerce
I've written about how mortality is a wonderful indicator of societal progress. Angus Deaton
Indicator, How, About
Without effective states working with active and involved citizens, there is little chance for the growth that is needed to abolish global poverty. Angus Deaton
Chance, Needed, Abolish
Foreign aid, especially when there is a lot of it, affects how institutions function and how they change. Angus Deaton
Lot, Institutions, How
In the high-income English-speaking world, the elderly get treated very well indeed. Angus Deaton
Treated, Very, World
Inequality is not the same thing as unfairness; and, to my mind, it is the latter that has incited so much political turmoil in the rich world today. Angus Deaton
Same Thing, Mind, Turmoil
I believe, as do most people, that we have an obligation to assist the truly destitute. Angus Deaton
Most, Obligation, Destitute
Political and legal institutions play a central role in setting the environment that can nurture prosperity and economic growth. Angus Deaton
Play, Role, Political
In Scotland, I was brought up to think of policemen as allies and to ask one for help when I needed it. Angus Deaton
Think, Help, Brought
The school in the Yorkshire mining village in which my father grew up in the 1920s and 1930s allowed only a few children to go to high school, and my father was not one of them. He spent much of his time as a young man repairing this deprivation, mostly at night school. Angus Deaton
1920s, 1930s, Mostly
When citizens believe that the elite care more about those across the ocean than those across the train tracks, insurance has broken down, we divide into factions, and those who are left behind become angry and disillusioned with a politics that no longer serves them. Angus Deaton
Insurance, Behind, Politics
I didn't care for school much - it was very strict, corporal punishment in the form of the 'tawse' was common and unpredictable, and I was often afraid - but I believe that I did well enough; indeed, my mother always regretted that I had not stayed long enough to become the 'dux,' as the best pupil was called. Angus Deaton
Very, Had, Best
I grew up pretty poor - not poor compared with people in India or Africa who are really poor, but poor enough so that the worry about money really cast a pall over your life a lot of the time. Angus Deaton
Over, Worry, Pretty
My work shows how important it is that independent researchers should have access to data so that government statistics can be checked and so that the democratic debate within India can be informed by the different interpretations of different scholars. Angus Deaton