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Eric Maskin Quotes

Leo Hurwicz is the father of mechanism design theory and has inspired much of my work, and Roger Myerson is an old friend and collaborator and a tremendous economist.

Eric Maskin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: economist
Nationality: american
Birth: December 12, 1950

Topics

Work Friend Father Design Old Leo

As a writer who has struggled with depression, the question is one that has long troubled me. Should I resist treatment, on the off-chance my creative output will somehow be affected?

Andrew Shaffer

Depression Creative Me Long Will

The Supreme Court has never ruled that Congress can use the Commerce Clause to require individuals to engage in an activity they have chosen to avoid. Yet that is precisely what Obamacare does: It forces Americans without health insurance to purchase coverage. Such a requirement is unprecedented and unconstitutional.

John Cornyn

Health Insurance Congress Never

We've lost sight of our role in the region and our view of our colleagues in the region.

John Hewson

Colleagues View Lost Sight Role Our

You cut up a piece of fruit, peel it, put it on a dish, and top it with something fun, and it feels like a real snack, instead of just walking down the street while peeling an orange and eating it: you're not actually taking a minute to enjoy that snack.

Anna Kaiser

Fun Fruit Eating Walking Enjoy You

Whenever we can, we tend to use debt to fund deals, as Aspen is very cash generative, so it doesn't make sense to issue equity. Over time, we can eliminate debt.

Stephen Saad

Time Debt Equity Over Cash Sense

I did a cake for the 60th birthday of Elton John, for Britney Spears' 27th birthday and for the 'Circus' album she put out - the cake had circus themes. I prepared a cake for a surprise 82nd birthday event for the architect Frank Gehry; the cake was comprised of mini-replicas of his buildings.

Ron Ben-Israel

Birthday Cake Surprise Buildings She

A split between the U.S. and its traditional allies, if it becomes a permanent feature of the new global order, would lead to deeper fragmentation among the world's market-oriented democracies. That will surely shift the long-term balance of power in China's favor, as it moves steadily toward becoming the world's largest economy.

Michael Spence

Power Balance World New Will China

I am starting to look like and perform like the Lou that I used to be.

Lou Gramm

I Am Look Starting Used Like Am

When you get sick and it's extended, you go through all these mental phases, and everyone handles them differently.

Josh Homme

Sick You Go Everyone Through Mental

I always struggle with making the technical aspects of the plot fit with the story that's unfolding in my imagination.

Deborah Raney

Struggle Imagination Story Always

We're trying to run a 21st century society and economy with 19th century Darwinian, competitive, crude ideas.

Susan George

Ideas Society Trying Run Economy

Having worked in disasters, I have seen that, in those critical first few hours, those first few days - so much ends up riding on you and your neighbor and whoever is around. The official response always comes later, and it always feels like it comes too slow.

Sheri Fink

Slow You Neighbor Riding First Days