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"While I am interested both in economics and in philosophy, the union of my interests in the two fields far exceeds their intersection."
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"Economic growth cannot only be restricted to a few cities and a few citizens. Development has to be all-round and all-inclusive."

"Belonging to the working class is the economy's punishment for those who did what they were told to do in class."

"Because of the power that we have given money: The government would rather have taxpayers who do not vote, than voters who do not pay tax."

"Not every single broke and unemployed person needs a job, some need customers."

"A reputation for money is almost as negotiable as money itself."

"Capitalism is the most powerful tool for positive social change."

"Major policy reform in the petroleum sector. Under the new Hydrocarbon Exploration Licensing Policy, there will be pricing and marketing freedom and a transparent revenue-sharing methodology. This will eliminate many layers of bureaucratic controls."

"India is undergoing a profound social and economic change. A billion of its citizens are already politically empowered. My dream is to economically empower them through many social and economic transformations."

"The economy of a novelist is a little like that of a careful housewife who is unwilling to throw away anything that might perhaps serve its turn."

"You know if the U.S. Government wanted to boost the economy there's a simple solution make Black Friday the refund date for your state and federal taxes."
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"But the idea that I should be a teacher and a researcher of some sort did not vary over the years."

"I was born in a University campus and seem to have lived all my life in one campus or another."

"I left Delhi, in 1971, shortly after Collective Choice and Social Welfare was published in 1970."

"When the Nobel award came my way, it also gave me an opportunity to do something immediate and practical about my old obsessions, including literacy, basic health care and gender equity, aimed specifically at India and Bangladesh."

"It is also very engaging - and a delight - to go back to Bangladesh as often as I can, which is not only my old home, but also where some of my closest friends and collaborators live and work."

"The curriculum of the school did not neglect India's cultural, analytical and scientific heritage, but was very involved also with the rest of the world."

"While I am interested both in economics and in philosophy, the union of my interests in the two fields far exceeds their intersection."
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