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Jose Angel Gurria
Mexican
Economist
Born:
May 8
,
1950
Better
Education
People
Will
World
You
Related authors:
Adam Smith
Alan Greenspan
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Every single stage of reform becomes more difficult because you use political capital.
Jose Angel Gurria
You
Political
Single
Stage
Difficult
Every
More
Because
Becomes
Political Capital
Reform
Capital
Use
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.
Jose Angel Gurria
Challenges
Benefits
Become
Down
Only
Attention
Global
Academic
Attracting
Also
Globally
Policymakers
Inequalities
Biggest
Literature
Growing
Income
Among
Growth
At the OECD, we stand ready to continue to help our member and partner countries to design, promote, and implement Better Policies for Better Lives.
Jose Angel Gurria
Better
Partner
Design
Our
Member
Promote
Implement
Countries
Policies
Ready
Continue
Stand
Help
Lives
The G7 doesn't have a permanent secretariat. The OECD can help the G8 and set the agenda for them. The secretary general of the OECD should be going to them proactively and discussing issues and priorities.
Jose Angel Gurria
Secretary
General
Permanent
Priorities
Issues
Discussing
Going
Them
Agenda
Should
Help
Set
Words must be matched by action if change is to become lasting.
Jose Angel Gurria
Change
Words
Become
Action
Lasting
Must
Matched
If we want a stronger, cleaner, and fairer world economy, we need to deal with the controversial areas of globalisation, such as tax havens.
Jose Angel Gurria
World
Stronger
Haven
Area
Cleaner
Economy
Fairer
Globalisation
Deal
Controversial
Tax
Want
World Economy
Need
It isn't only rich countries that suffer from the effects of tax havens. Developing countries also lose billions of dollars in tax revenues due each year because wealthy individuals and some companies use tax havens to move assets and income offshore.
Jose Angel Gurria
Year
Lose
Rich
Wealthy
Some
Haven
Only
Developing
Developing Countries
Individuals
Countries
Also
Because
Revenues
Due
Dollars
Effects
Offshore
Move
Tax
Tax Revenues
Rich Countries
Use
Companies
Billions
Billions Of Dollars
Each
Income
Suffer
Each Year
Assets
Transparency and effective tax co-operation must be shared principles applied by all. Until they are, nations will need to protect themselves against loss of revenues to tax havens.
Jose Angel Gurria
Will
Must
Haven
Shared
Until
Protect
Principles
Revenues
Loss
Effective
Nations
Tax
Against
Co-Operation
Themselves
Transparency
Applied
Need
If we can rid the world of financial centres that thrive on lack of transparency, non-cooperation, and weak regulation, an important step towards a fairer and cleaner world economy will have been achieved.
Jose Angel Gurria
World
Financial
Will
Thrive
Important
Weak
Cleaner
Step
Towards
Economy
Fairer
Important Step
Been
Lack
Achieved
Transparency
Regulation
Rid
World Economy
You can accuse Europeans of being many things - except fast.
Jose Angel Gurria
You
Except
Accuse
Being
Many
Europeans
Fast
Things
Everywhere, you have a fatigue for reform... that's very serious.
Jose Angel Gurria
You
Fatigue
Everywhere
Very
Reform
Serious
I was strongly against Brexit. I speechified against Brexit.
Jose Angel Gurria
Strongly
Against
Brexit
I have family who are British citizens and who want to be citizens of the world and citizens of the E.U.
Jose Angel Gurria
Family
World
Citizens
Want
Who
British
The U.K. is much stronger as a part of Europe, and Europe is much stronger with the U.K. as a driving force.
Jose Angel Gurria
Stronger
Driving
Part
Driving Force
Force
Much
Europe
There is no upside for the U.K. in Brexit. Only costs that can be avoided and advantages to be seized by remaining in Europe. No one should have to pay the Brexit tax.
Jose Angel Gurria
Pay
Only
Costs
Seized
Remaining
No-One
Advantages
Tax
Upside
Should
Brexit
Avoided
Europe
Those who argue for Brexit are wrong, and that is because they have not been properly informed about the costs.
Jose Angel Gurria
Those
About
Properly
Costs
Argue
Wrong
Because
Been
Informed
Brexit
Who
When a large financial institution is allowed to fail, you put in jeopardy hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of people.
Jose Angel Gurria
You
People
Financial
Hundreds
Hundreds Of Thousands
Thousands
Allowed
Put
Fail
Institution
Large
Jeopardy
Millions
Millions Of People
There probably could be some mileage in running a comparative study about how best to finance electoral campaigns around the world.
Jose Angel Gurria
Finance
Best
World
Running
Some
About
Could
Study
Around
How
Campaigns
Electoral
Mileage
Comparative
Coal is the most carbon-intensive fuel available for electricity generation. The most urgent threat to climate policy is the scale of new investments in unabated coal-fired electricity generation still being planned.
Jose Angel Gurria
Generation
Scale
Threat
Investments
New
Most
Policy
Climate
Still
Being
Available
Fuel
Urgent
Planned
Coal
Electricity
The euro is going to continue to be the largest single trading block.
Jose Angel Gurria
Single
Block
Trading
Continue
Going
Euro
Largest
It will be crucial the E.U. and the U.K. maintain the closest economic relationship possible.
Jose Angel Gurria
Relationship
Will
Possible
Economic
Crucial
Maintain
Closest
Uncertainty and fears of social decline and exclusion have reached the middle class in many societies.
Jose Angel Gurria
Class
Fears
Uncertainty
Exclusion
Reached
Middle
Middle Class
Social
Decline
Many
Societies
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.
Jose Angel Gurria
Losing
Focus
Down
Per
More
Economic
Fact
Economic Growth
Bottom
Blocks
Mobility
Cent
Social
Much
Ground
Growth
Brings
Need
More dangerous than voting for change... is that people no longer vote because they have lost trust not only in governments but in democracy.
Jose Angel Gurria
Democracy
Change
Vote
Trust
People
Dangerous
Voting
Lost
More
Only
Longer
Because
Governments
Than
Creating a global platform for collaboration in education research and innovation has been the PISA initiative's aspiration from its conception in the late 1990s.
Jose Angel Gurria
Education
Innovation
Research
Late
Collaboration
Has-Been
Global
Conception
Been
Creating
Aspiration
Initiative
Platform
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.
Jose Angel Gurria
Education
World
Better
School
Those
Systematically
Systems
Curriculum
Places
Social
Much
Across
Skills
Premium
Fostering
Social Skills
Growing
Need
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