“We need better measures of people's expectations and levels of satisfaction, of how they spend their time, of their relations with other people... We need to focus on stocks as much as on flows, and we need to broaden the range of assets that we consider important to sustain our well-being.”

Mexican economist and diplomat

José Ángel Gurría Treviño, also known as Ángel Gurría, is a Mexican economist and diplomat. From 2006 to 2021, he served as secretary-general of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). He is known for leading the OECD for fifteen years, a role that placed him at the center of international economic policy discussions. His public work is tied to economic cooperation and diplomacy, and the quotes associated with him reflect that institutional and policy-minded profile.