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" Words must be matched by action if change is to become lasting. "

Jose Angel Gurria

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" Ending our reliance on fossil fuels was never going to be easy. "

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" You do need more revenues, and you do need to cut expenses. But you also don't want to go in a direction whereby increasing taxes creates a reticence to create new jobs. You don't want to increase taxes on work. You don't want to increase taxes on investment and the creation of wealth. "

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" Why did we lose Brexit? Why, because 60 per cent of youth didn't believe they needed to go and vote. "

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" Every single stage of reform becomes more difficult because you use political capital. "

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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 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. "

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" I think there are going to be more countries joining the euro. "

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" The whole banking sector in Mexico was literally bankrupt. For whatever reason, instead of intervening in the sector or supporting the banks, the government expropriated them. We went through the very laborious period of selling the failing banks to the wealthy people of Mexico. "

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" I was an economist out of the National University of Mexico, where you lived the realities of Mexico all the time. "

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" Labour and land are always politically sensitive. "

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" 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. "

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" Gender equality is essential for ensuring that men and women can contribute fully at home, at work, and in public life for the betterment of societies and economies at large. "

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" Our leaders must get to grips with the huge risk that carbon dioxide emissions pose to the economy and the environment. As we know, carbon dioxide is a long-lived gas. It hangs around. "

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" To give students the best possible chance to succeed, education must prepare them to handle issues that transcend national boundaries. "

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" We cannot sustain long-term growth in our economies if we do not protect and preserve our environment. "

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" Some politicians fear the burden that migrants will impose on local communities and taxpayers. Others fear extremists masquerading as genuine refugees. "

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" Most businesses do not take governments seriously when it comes to climate, primarily because many governments have inconsistent and incoherent policies and then often keep changing them, sometimes retroactively. This makes businesses reluctant to invest in greener technologies. "

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" When, as an individual, you are not paying taxes, it is evasion. As a corporate, it is legal shrewdness or tax engineering. "

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" In a globally interdependent world, a better financial and investment system cannot be achieved on a country-by-country basis. There may be no one-size-fits-all model for economic development, but without global standards and complementary regulations, the long-term outlook for the world economy will remain bleak. "

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" Israel should share its great wealth with its neighbors, like the Palestinians, in areas like governance and investment as well as the building of institutions. "

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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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" I say just put a big fat tax on carbon. "

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