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. Peter Blair Henry Read Quote
I think my wife would take objection to any characterization of me as perfect. Peter Blair Henry Read Quote
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. Peter Blair Henry Read Quote
You can actually make a lot of money and do a lot of good in the world. I don’t see those things as being in opposition to one another. I never have. Peter Blair Henry Read Quote
Good economic policy requires not so much the bravado to implement drastic change as the strength and wisdom to make reasonable trade-offs over the many years it takes to transform a country’s standard of living. Peter Blair Henry Read Quote
Business is one of the most powerful institutions on Earth for creating wealth and opportunity and helping to lift people out of poverty. When you think about it that way, then business is not separate from development policy. Peter Blair Henry Read Quote
Because I come from a place like Jamaica, which is a small, open economy, I viscerally get the importance of the global economy. Peter Blair Henry Read Quote
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. Peter Blair Henry Read Quote
Disciplined governments do not engage in the economic equivalent of binge eating followed by crash dieting. Peter Blair Henry Read Quote
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. Peter Blair Henry Read Quote
