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" If you are trying to favor the unions by having more rigid labor market and keeping wages very high, you could be blocking people from getting new jobs. "
Jose Angel Gurria
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" Governments must address inconsistencies in their energy strategies, consider the links with broader economic policies, and stop sending mixed signals to consumers, producers, and investors. In particular, they must assess whether the right regulatory arrangements are in place to allow clean-energy investments to compete on a risk-return basis. "
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" Some challenges remain, but the bottom line is that low-carbon options can and should play a much greater role in energy supply. "
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" Every country faces its own obstacles to reaching gender equality, and to make a real difference, we must change public policies in tandem with stereotypes, attitudes, and behaviors. "
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" The U.K. is much stronger as a part of Europe, and Europe is much stronger with the U.K. as a driving force. "
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" 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. "
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" The OECD should respond directly to the specific needs of the member countries. You basically say, 'What works?' You don't have to go on a discovery trip. It's all there; you just call them, and they know. It's like a knowledge bank. "
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" We need better measures of people's expectations and levels of satisfaction, of how they spend their time, of their relations with other people... We need to focus on stocks as much as on flows, and we need to broaden the range of assets that we consider important to sustain our well-being. "
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" You can accuse Europeans of being many things - except fast. "
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" 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. "
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" Nobody in their right mind will even attempt or even think of leaving the European Union, because they will understand that it is not in their best interest. "
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" Economic resources are not all that matter in people's lives. "
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" I said a vote to leave would be a Brexit tax. I couldn't think of anything stronger than that. "
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" 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. "
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" Words must be matched by action if change is to become lasting. "
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" The OECD advocates a risk-based approach to water security and is calling on governments to speed up their efforts to improve efficiency and effectiveness of water management. We recommend improving water pricing to recover costs and to reflect the value of water to users and society. "
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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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" The OECD deals with the economic aspects of a host of issues, including education, health, and the environment. "
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" Some refugees will find it relatively easy to find jobs. A university-educated Syrian civil engineer arriving in Munich will need to learn some German, but once this is done, he or she is unlikely to have to wait too long before employers come knocking. "
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" I was strongly against Brexit. I speechified against Brexit. "
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" Ending our reliance on fossil fuels was never going to be easy. "
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" If the world is to avoid a collision with nature - one that humanity surely cannot win - we must act boldly on every front, particularly with respect to carbon pricing and the coherence of our economic and energy policies. "
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" Providing investors with recourse against governments is valuable. "
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" More dangerous than voting for change... is that people no longer vote because they have lost trust not only in governments but in democracy. "
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" A more robust approach to global warming is needed if we are to avoid catastrophe. Unlike the recent financial crisis, there is no bailout option for the earth's climate. "
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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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" We are totally schizophrenic. We are trying to reduce emissions, and we subsidize the consumption of fossil fuels. "
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