Active learning is always involved with interaction between teachers and students and Socratic methods and that's gonna continue.

International lending banks need to focus on areas where private investment doesn't go, such as infrastructure projects, education and poverty relief.

Macroeconomic policy can never be devoid of politics: it involves fundamental trade-offs and affects different groups differently.

It is trust, more than money, that makes the world go round.

There must have been something in the air of Gary that led one into economics: the first Nobel Prize winner, Paul Samuelson, was also from Gary, as were several other distinguished economists.

What you measure affects what you do. If you don't measure the right thing, you don't do the right thing.

American inequality didn't just happen. It was created.

The problem is a lot of what is called economics is not economics. It is more ideology or religion.

Trickle-down economics is a myth. Enriching corporations - as the TPP would - will not necessarily help those in the middle, let alone those at the bottom.

The striking thing about America is - it's historically, extraordinary unusual, I don't of any other instance - is that productivity of workers and wages have not moved in tandem.

In developing countries, lack of infrastructure is a far more serious barrier to trade than tariffs.

We can't blame our decision if something goes wrong in life. Decision is made exactly as per the capacity and capability of the moment's consciousness

The worst environmental decision you can make as a human being is to have 14 kids.

To supervise people, you must either surpass them in their accomplishments or despise them.

Tara (Lipinski) got out there like a bat out of hell and skated her guts out. Michelle skated very well, but she skated conservatively. She skated great, just not fantastic. That was the difference.

Don't be discouraged - every relationship you have is a failure, until you find the right one.

Sometimes when I see a performance that really takes me, I struggle. How can I express this to this person, I want this person to know how I felt. I want to get this across, and it's not very easy.

Here's a guy who when he runs, he moves faster.

Protecting yourself from failure is probably not a good way to live.

Communication is not about speaking what we think. Communication is about ensuring others hear what we mean.

Recognize and respect mutual self-interests, then build creative collaborations to serve them.