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James Mirrlees

Scottish Economist

Born: Jul 5, 1936

Based Countries Get Own Problems Think

Related authors: Adam Smith Alan Greenspan E. F. Schumacher John Kenneth Galbraith John Maynard Keynes Milton Friedman Paul A. Volcker Thomas Sowell

It became clear I wanted to be a development economist. I mean, I said I wanted to work on the economics of poor countries. And I'd actually say that I don't think that was so much about narrowing the gap as about increasing their incomes, which means economic growth, which is really my prime interest. James Mirrlees

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I think, in effect, in most of the European countries, the total marginal tax rate is over 50 percent; that's to say, add on other taxes like VAT to the income tax. James Mirrlees

Encourage your own curiosity; pursue the problems based on that. Don't get diverted by trying to do things for your own advancement. In other words, don't be lured into responding to incentives. James Mirrlees

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Encourage your own curiosity; pursue the problems based on that. James Mirrlees

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When things begin to go bad, the perception of people makes it worse. James Mirrlees

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