Economics, as it has emerged, can be made more productive by paying greater and more explicit attention to the ethical considerations that shape human behaviour and judgment.

the identity of an individual is essentially a function of her choices, rather than the discovery of an immutable attribute

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

A society can be Pareto optimal and still perfectly disgusting.

If jobs are important, education is important.

The lack of economic freedom could be a very major reason for loss of liberty, liberty of life.

Economic growth without investment in human development is unsustainable - and unethical.

Human life depends not only on income but also on social opportunities, [for example] what the state does for educating.

I think that so many of our abilities to do things depend on interaction with each other.

Human ordeals thrive on ignorance. To understand a problem with clarity is already half way towards solving it.

Gender inequality is not one problem, it's a collection of problems.

Development cannot really be so centered only on those in power.

Freedoms are not only the primary ends of development, they are also among its principal means.

Progress is more plausibly judged by the reduction of deprivation than by the further enrichment of the opulent

Imparting education not only enlightens the receiver, but also broadens the giver - the teachers, the parents, the friends.

No famine has ever taken place in the history of the world in a functioning democracy.

Starvation is the characteristic of some people not having enough food to eat. It is not the characteristic of there being not enough food to eat.

Education can really transform the insecurities in the world into a bigger vision of what we are as human beings.

I think education has a bigger impact on the lives of people than absolutely anything else.