Sublime

Her ambition, in a nutshell, is to “take the guesswork out of policy-making.”

What we need is a narrative that speaks to millions of ordinary people.

poverty is not a lack of character. It’s a lack of cash.

I firmly believe in the old Enlightenment principle that decisions require a foundation of reliable information and numbers.

So what is this radical idea? That most people, deep down, are pretty decent.

as Voltaire put it, the perfect is the enemy of the good.