Globalization can be very unjust and unfair and unequal, but these are matters under our control. It’s not that we don’t need the market economy. We need it. But the market economy should not have priority or dominance over other institutions.

The elimination of ignorance, of illiteracy... and of needless inequalities in opportunities (is) to be seen as objectives that are valued for their own sake. They expand our freedom to lead the lives we have reason to value, and these elementary capabilities are of importance on their own

Gender inequality is not one problem, it's a collection of problems.

But the idea that I should be a teacher and a researcher of some sort did not vary over the years.

While I am interested both in economics and in philosophy, the union of my interests in the two fields far exceeds their intersection.

Democracy is a universal value

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