101 Quotes by Jose Angel Gurria

It doesn't really matter who owns things so long there is enough competition, which means lower pricing, better quality goods, more variety, and an economy where the consumers are the big winners.

It will be crucial the E.U. and the U.K. maintain the closest economic relationship possible.

I was an economist out of the National University of Mexico, where you lived the realities of Mexico all the time.

Every single stage of reform becomes more difficult because you use political capital.

Labour and land are always politically sensitive.

It is not good to cut exports or imports.

When, as an individual, you are not paying taxes, it is evasion. As a corporate, it is legal shrewdness or tax engineering.

We need to focus much more on the bottom 40 per cent. They are losing ground, and the fact that they are losing ground blocks social mobility and brings down economic growth.

The benefits of growth have not trickled down. Income inequalities have become one of the biggest global challenges, attracting growing attention not only in academic literature but also among policymakers globally.