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"We have the most crude accounting tools. It's tragic because our accounts and our national arithmetic doesn't tell us the things that we need to know."
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"Since we took office, inflation, the fiscal deficit and the balance of payments current account deficit have all fallen. GDP growth, foreign exchange reserves, stock market valuations, and investor confidence have all increased. This success is the result of a series of well thought out policies."
"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."
"In two years, we have managed to overcome the odds and register an impressive economic performance."
"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."
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"There is no degree of human suffering which in and of itself is going to bring about change. Only organisation can change things."
"Having enough to eat, being able to educate your children, have reasonably stable employment, and being able to live in a society which isn't collapsing around you-all of these things have been generally eroded."
"How do we get democracy at the international level? That's our problem. and it's essentially the same problem people faced in the 18th Century when they tried to get democracy nationally. Now we need it internationally."
"Much of what is called investment is actually nothing more than mergers and acquisitions, and of course mergers and acquisitions are generally accompanied by downsizing."
"I'm a radical reformist, because between where we are and where I want to go there's a great deal of work, and I won't see the end of this."
"We have the most crude accounting tools. It's tragic because our accounts and our national arithmetic doesn't tell us the things that we need to know."
"Redistribution of wealth would require enormous amounts of investment. The only time an elite has accepted this has been during crises, such as in America in the 1930s under Roosevelt."
"The real fight is about what should be in the marketplace and what should not. Should education be a marketable commodity? Should healthcare?"
"There's people coming in who've never done any politics at all, who've never been in a trade union, they've never been in a political party, they've never done anything, but they do feel a kind of urgency."
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