“Every day is like that, eight successive meetings on eight different topics, every one really important and interesting.” Quote by Peter R. Orszag
“My mom is a very warm, typical sort of Jewish-mother type. And my dad has a somewhat, um, different personality.” DifferentMotherMomTypePersonalityDadMy DadMy MomWarmTypicalJewish Mother Author:Peter R. Orszag
“Social Security faces a long-term actuarial deficit, yes.” LongFacesSocialTermSecurityLong TermSocial SecurityDeficit Author:Peter R. Orszag
“There've been times where I wondered whether it was worth continuing in my own education.” My OwnContinuing Author:Peter R. Orszag
“Total borrowing has imploded. Private borrowing has collapsed. And, in effect, the Treasury Department is the last borrower left standing.” LastsLeftEffectsStandingDepartmentBorrowingTreasuryBorrowers Author:Peter R. Orszag
“Well, a deficit reflects an imbalance between spending and revenue, and so narrowing it requires acting on one, the other or both.” WellsActingSpendingRevenueDeficitImbalance Author:Peter R. Orszag
“Well, I think what we need to remember is that budget deficits can impede economic activity.” ThinkingNeedsWellsRememberEconomicActivityBudgetsDeficitBudget Deficit Author:Peter R. Orszag
“For example, I was privileged to be working at the White House under the Clinton administration and had not finished my Ph.D., and I thought I was the cat's meow.” HouseWhiteExampleCatClintonFinishedAdministrationWhite HousePrivileged Author:Peter R. Orszag
“It is a foregone opportunity that we could have a trillion dollars more of income for the United States if we were producing at capacity rather than falling so far short of it.” IfsStatesFallOpportunityUnitedUnited StatesCapacityDollarsIncome Author:Peter R. Orszag
“All along, American policy has been, 'We don't establish a Kurdistan.” Has BeensPolicy Author:Raymond T. Odierno
“It's an appeal as old as America and its presidency: This is an extraordinary country populated by hard-working, big-dreaming, freedom-loving people graced by God when they're not pulling themselves up by the bootstraps.” PeopleCountryHardDreamBigsAmericaHard WorkExtraordinaryAppealsPullingPresidencyBootstraps Author:Ron Fournier