Quotes by Alex Tabarrok

I utterly reject the view that the Third World is doomed to poverty and starvation. Not only is this wrong, I think this attitude verges on the immoral, like thinking that slavery is an unalterable facet of the human condition so why bother doing anything about it?

The term natural resources confuses people. Natural resources are not like a finite number of gifts under the Christmas tree. Nature is given, but resources are created.

Education is the key to the future: Youve heard it a million times, and its not wrong. Educated people have higher wages and lower unemployment rates, and better-educated countries grow faster and innovate more than other countries. But going to college is not enough. You also have to study the right subjects.