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. Jose Angel Gurria Read Quote
The idea that if governments open up and become more democratic they will fall is a false dilemma. Jose Angel Gurria Read Quote
More dangerous than voting for change… is that people no longer vote because they have lost trust not only in governments but in democracy. Jose Angel Gurria Read Quote
Israel has been doing very well, but there are challenges the country faces, like poverty and social integration of the Orthodox, Arab, Beduin, and Ethiopian population, which will be essential for sustaining strong growth over time. Jose Angel Gurria Read Quote
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. Jose Angel Gurria Read Quote
The U.K. is much stronger as a part of Europe, and Europe is much stronger with the U.K. as a driving force. Jose Angel Gurria Read Quote
Reforms to product and labour markets, education, innovation, green growth, competition, taxes, health – they are the things that should be the object of our primary focus in the context of a long-term strategy to restore sustained growth. Jose Angel Gurria Read Quote
The City of London is always going to be there and will continue to be important. Jose Angel Gurria Read Quote
I have family who are British citizens and who want to be citizens of the world and citizens of the E.U. Jose Angel Gurria Read Quote