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Growth does not bring any 'automatic' improvement in the health component of wellbeing.

~Angus Deaton

Topics: Any Automatic Bring Component Does Growth Health Improvement Wellbeing

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There is much that remains mysterious about why some countries grow rapidly and some grow slowly.

~Angus Deaton

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If poverty and underdevelopment are primarily consequences of poor institutions, then by weakening those institutions or stunting their development, large aid flows do exactly the opposite of what they are intended to do.

~Angus Deaton

Topics: Aid Consequences Development Exactly Flows Institutions Intended Large Opposite Poor Poverty Primarily Then Those Weakening

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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

Topics: Access Checked Data Debate Democratic Different Government How Important Independent India Informed Interpretations Researchers Scholars Should Shows Statistics Within Work

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High quality, open, transparent, and uncensored data are needed to support democracy.

~Angus Deaton

Topics: Data Democracy High High Quality Needed Open Quality Support Transparent

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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 in India and China who benefited directly from globalization, but it doesn't mean everybody in America benefits from globalization.

~Angus Deaton

Topics: America Benefits China Directly Everybody Globalization Good India Large Large Number Mean Number Obviously People Potential Very Who

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I think lower wages have made men much less marriageable than they were before. It's not just like your job goes to hell. Your marriage goes to hell. You don't know your children anymore. Your children have a higher chance of being screwed up.

~Angus Deaton

Topics: Anymore Before Being Chance Children Goes Hell Higher Job Just Know Less Like Lower Made Marriage Men Much Screwed Than Think Up Wages Were You Your I Think

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European countries give much larger shares of aid for poverty relief than the U.S.

~Angus Deaton

Topics: Aid Countries European European Countries Give Larger Much Poverty Relief Shares Than

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I don't think equality is intrinsically valuable, meaning in and of itself. I'm not against inequality... if Bill Gates gets another hundred million dollars, it's no skin off my nose.

~Angus Deaton

Topics: Against Another Bill Bill Gates Dollars Equality Gates Gets Hundred Inequality Itself Meaning Million Million Dollars Nose Off Skin Think Valuable

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Economic growth is very important, but it is not the only thing, and it must be accompanied by sharing with those who are left behind, through effective social services and provision.

~Angus Deaton

Topics: Accompanied Behind Economic Economic Growth Effective Growth Important Left Must Only Provision Services Sharing Social The Only Thing Thing Those Through Very Who

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Economist

Born: October 19th, 1945

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