I don’t want to make public statements about issues that I have not studied in detail. Eric Maskin Read Quote
In various countries around the world, assets that had previously been in the hands of governments were sold off to the private sector in the hope that this would lead to a more efficient allocation, that these assets would be put to better use. Eric Maskin Read Quote
A properly designed tax system can strike a balance between helping the poor and, at the same time, giving people the incentive to work. Eric Maskin Read Quote
Through meteorology, we know essentially how hurricanes form, even though we can’t say where the next storm will arise. Eric Maskin Read Quote
Perhaps one day earthquakes, hurricanes and financial crashes will all be predictable. But we don’t have to wait until then for seismology, meteorology and economics to become sciences; they already are. Eric Maskin Read Quote
I like to work on a number of things simultaneously. If you’re working on a variety of projects and if you get stuck on one of them, you can move to another without grinding your gears indefinitely. Eric Maskin Read Quote
It wasn’t that Harvard was deliberately trying to overwork me, but I think I had a tendency to take on more things out of enthusiasm than were good for me. Eric Maskin Read Quote
