“Classical economics values things by seeing how much someone will pay ...” — Barry Gardiner Quote

“Classical economics values things by seeing how much someone will pay for them. But this is where classical economics is wrong. What it fails to account for are all the 'externalities' - the services people regard as free goods: pollination services, flood protection, climate regulation, soil stabilization, carbon sequestration.”

“Understanding government can be a complex business. The stated reason for a policy and the real reason for it are rarely the same.”

“The Tories' favoured trade deals post-Brexit are likely to make regional inequality worse, by focusing on the best deal for the City of London at the expense of smaller firms across the country.”

“Teams really take into account character.”

“I'd never just look at my account and be like 'oh, I have a lot of money to spend now.'”

“If there were a clear prospect that such evils were part of a barbarian past, then at least we might find a small crumb of comfort. No such prospect exists: no scientific analysis can even remotely answer or account for past and present horrors of human behaviour.”