Abhijit Banerjee best Cool Quotes – “If there can be films about why hockey (and not just cricket) is cool, there can be a film or two about the virtues of honest, hard work.”
Abhijit Banerjee best Faith Quotes – “I mean, I think it’s a two-way relationship: I think you should not have too much faith in your own rationality. You should not have too much faith in the rationality of, you know, anybody else either. We all learn together about the way the world is, and I think it’s a sort of antidote to wishful thinking of all kinds.”
Abhijit Banerjee best Failure Quotes – “Partly, identity politics is a result of economic failure.”
Abhijit Banerjee best Environmental Quotes – “It is undeniable that the looming environmental crisis is partly the consequence of population growth.”
Abhijit Banerjee best Design Quotes – “What’s nice about experiments is that they are much more closely tied to what theorists think about the world than normal empirical research. You can design your experiment to exactly ask the question you want to ask. This is not true about normal empirical research.”
Abhijit Banerjee best Chance Quotes – “Even Milton Friedman – doyen of radical free market thought – was willing to consider some government intervention into primary education on the grounds that it is unfair for children to not get a chance in life because they were born to poor parents.”
Abhijit Banerjee best Car Quotes – “My guess is that while the elites would like cleaner air, they are not willing to give up the convenience of being able to use their cars at will to get it, perhaps because they believe (I suspect incorrectly) that they can protect themselves from the consequences of vehicular pollution by investing in air-conditioners and air purifiers.”
Abhijit Banerjee best Car Quotes – “The problem of getting from home to the metro, BRT or bus stop makes many people take their cars to work. Why not start a fleet of electric buses that just circle through neighbourhoods connecting them to the various public transport hubs?”
Aiden English best Amazing Quotes – “My mother-in-law Vickie is an amazing person and has been nothing but helpful and supportive. She helps with the little things, dealing with being on the road and being away from home and how to keep up communication and little things like where the best hotels are, how to find a gym, little things on the road.”