Peter Blair Henry Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I was born in Jamaica but was educated by, and now serve, prestigious First World institutions, so I believe that I have a unique, dual perspective. To sidestep any biases I might have, I use the objective lens of the stock market to discover which policies actually delivered prosperity to emerging markets.”

“I'm generally slow to anger, quick to forgive, and I take in information before making decisions. So no matter how controversial the decision, my general demeanour is to put on white lab coat and gloves and look at the evidence, weigh the arguments and see what makes sense.”

“In Jamaica, you're never very far away from people who don't have very much, and in Wilmette, pretty much everybody had a lot.”

“Disciplined governments do not engage in the economic equivalent of binge eating followed by crash dieting.”

“Because I come from a place like Jamaica, which is a small, open economy, I viscerally get the importance of the global economy.”

“I think that whether you're on the right or on the left as an economist or as a policy maker, every serious analyst I know agrees that at some point you have to deal with entitlements.”

“It's probably indicative that I was destined for an academic career that I'm 6-5 and I lost the slam-dunk championship to somebody 5-8. I was a lot better at math.”