I believe that virtually all the problems in the world come from inequality of one kind or another.

It’s scandalous when one thinks about the people who live in a world in which they need not be hungry, in which they need not die without medical care, in which they need not be illiterate, they need not feel hopeless and miserable so much of the time, and yet they are.

I guess some of the most delightful moments of my teenage years were when I was trying not just to educate myself but trying to educate others. And I could see how the lives of children could be transformed in that.

I think that so many of our abilities to do things depend on interaction with each other.

I believe that virtually all the problems in the world come from inequality of one kind or another.

Anything that increases the voice of young women tends therefore to reduce the fertility rate.

I have not had any serious non-academic job.