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There are some things that we value as a public good that the markets can't deliver, like clean air.

I was born in New York City but grew up across the Hudson River in Alpine, New Jersey.

I choose questions to work on according to how much they excite me.

Many markets work best with little or no outside interference. But others - especially those subject to big 'externalities' - need a helping hand.

The market is no god - it cannot solve every problem.

The theory of mechanism design can be thought of as the 'engineering' side of economic theory.

I don't want to make public statements about issues that I have not studied in detail.

A properly designed tax system can strike a balance between helping the poor and, at the same time, giving people the incentive to work.

Devising a mechanism is a lot like solving a puzzle - and gives you the same kind of kick.

I'm not a housing market expert, and I don't want to pretend to be one.

I have a strong attachment to Harvard.

Through meteorology, we know essentially how hurricanes form, even though we can't say where the next storm will arise.

Markets work well with goods that economists call private goods.

Economic forecasting has actually got pretty good over the years, though admittedly, we don't always get it right.

Most policy makers embrace a religious-like belief that the market can and should solve every problem.

I entered economics because of a course I took on 'information economics,' which I found fascinating.

I probably learned most at MIT by teaching and working with Peter Diamond, who acted like a big brother to me during my time in the department.

The market doesn't work very well when it comes to public goods.

In an industry with highly sequential innovation, it may be better for society to scrap patents altogether than try to tighten them.