Jose Angel Gurria
Economist
1950-05-08
Quotes by Jose Angel Gurria
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In the face of sluggish growth, aging societies, and increasing educational attainment of young women, the economic case for gender equality is clear.
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In a world that places a growing premium on social skills, education systems need to do much better at fostering those skills systematically across the school curriculum.
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We never tell countries that they should have a particular number in terms of a tax number, you know, if countries can make do with whatever average tax they have. The question is, do they apply it to everybody? Or do they give sweetheart deals to some companies?
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Principles of fair and equitable treatment included in many treaties are uncontroversial as general principles of good public governance.
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The concept of national treatment is a core component of investment and trade agreements. It promotes valuable competition on a level playing field. Investment treaties should not turn this idea on its head, giving privileges to foreign companies that are not available to domestic companies.
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High levels of inequality generate high costs for society, dampening social mobility, undermining the labour market prospects of vulnerable social groups, and creating social unrest.
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European leaders cannot afford to be afraid. The refugee crisis is not one from which they can opt out. No magic wand will empower leaders to transport more than a million people back across the Aegean and the Bosphorus to Mosul and Aleppo, or across the Mediterranean to Eritrea, Somalia, and Sudan.
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