Eric Maskin

Economist

1950-12-12

Quotes by Eric Maskin

• A properly designed tax system can strike a balance between helping the poor and, at the same time, giving people the incentive to work.

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• In an industry with highly sequential innovation, it may be better for society to scrap patents altogether than try to tighten them.

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• I think I have met nearly all the Laureates in Economics. Among the few I haven't met, I suppose I'd most like to meet Ronald Coase because of his legendary power to persuade his colleagues of the validity of the Coase Theorem.

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• There is universal consensus among experts that the earth's atmosphere is heating up - and that we are responsible for it by putting carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. We also know that the consequences of global warming are catastrophic. But how do we make sure that all countries reduce greenhouse gases?

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