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You can certainly draw a picture of 2016 which makes it look like the 1930s, which, of course, is what everyone is doing.

~Angus Deaton

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Those of us who were lucky enough to be born in the right countries have a moral obligation to reduce poverty and ill health in the world.

~Angus Deaton

Topics: Born Countries Enough Health Ill Lucky Moral Moral Obligation Obligation Poverty Reduce Right Those Us Were Who World

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I do worry about a world in which the rich get to write the rules.

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Success breeds inequality, and you don't want to choke off success.

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Topics: Breeds Choke Inequality Off Success Want You

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Putting, say, an 85 per cent income tax rate is unlikely to bring in much revenue.

~Angus Deaton

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Inequality is an enormously complicated thing that is both good and bad.

~Angus Deaton

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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

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I don't think that globalisation is anywhere near the threat that robots are.

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It's hard to think that Mark Zuckerberg is actually impoverishing anyone by getting rich with Facebook. But driverless cars are another matter entirely.

~Angus Deaton

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I both love inequality and am terrified of it.

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Economist

Born: October 19th, 1945

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