Adam Davidson Quotes, born in 1970 in New York City, is an American journalist, author, and co-founder of NPR’s Planet Money, whose Peabody Award-winning reporting, including The Giant Pool of Money, demystified the 2008 financial crisis. A former New York Times Magazine columnist and New Yorker contributor, his book The Passion Economy explores thriving through unique skills in a changing world.
These 15 quotes—sourced from his books, articles, interviews, and posts on X—capture his insights on economics, work, social justice, and finding purpose, reflecting his knack for making complex ideas relatable and inspiring.
Adam Davidson Quotes
- “No matter what it is you provide, the greatest value lies in the knowledge, passion, and skill with which you provide it.” (The Passion Economy, 2020)
- “The world I want to live in is a world where everybody is a bit more uncertain about their arguments and is a bit more open to other people’s arguments.” (Interview, BrainyQuote, n.d.)
- “Identify the set of things that you love to do and that you do well. You don’t need to be the best in the world at something. People often succeed because they have a set of various skills that don’t normally go together.” (The Passion Economy, 2020)
- “If large numbers of people believe they have no shot at a better life in the future, they will work less hard and generate fewer new ideas and businesses. The economy, as a whole, will be poorer.” (Article, BrainyQuote, n.d.)
- “The American dream always meant that anybody willing to put in a hard day’s work could make a decent living. That’s just not true anymore for people without at least some post-high school education.” (Article, BrainyQuote, n.d.)
- “Poverty is not the simple result of bad geography, bad culture, bad history. It’s the result of us: of the ways that people choose to organize their societies.” (Article, BrainyQuote, n.d.)
- “A rule of thumb: If the company you work for provides a product or service that’s pretty much the same as what was offered last year and a few years before that, it might be time to start looking for something new.” (Article, BrainyQuote, n.d.)
- “Holiday binge-buying has deep roots in American culture: department stores have been associating turkey gluttony with its spending equivalent since they began sponsoring Thanksgiving Day parades in the early 20th century.” (Article, BrainyQuote, n.d.)
- “Too often, he thought, business is seen as completely cut off from spiritual concerns. Yet business dominates our lives.” (The Passion Economy, 2020)
- “Hating Wall Street is an American tradition that dates back even to the days when Thomas Jefferson cursed that money lover Alexander Hamilton.” (Article, BrainyQuote, n.d.)
- “When you cover the economy as a reporter, there’s one part of the job that is always easy: finding economists who disagree.” (Article, BrainyQuote, n.d.)
- “A healthy economy is largely a result of a reasonable balance between consumption today and consumption deferred, and it’s pretty clear that balance has been ridiculously out of whack for a while.” (Article, BrainyQuote, n.d.)
- “Whenever you hear news about jobless claims or the unemployment rate, you should translate that in your mind to one simple phrase: Stay in school.” (Article, BrainyQuote, n.d.)
- “‘Reinventing the Bazaar,’ by John McMillan, is a great and fun introduction to the wild variety and importance of markets throughout history and around the world.” (Article, BrainyQuote, n.d.)
- “A majority of Americans support Social Security and Medicare, a progressive tax system and a government that regulates business in the public interest, but most share deep skepticism about the government’s ability to do all this well.” (Article, BrainyQuote, n.d.)
Adam Davidson’s quotes are a vibrant blend of economic insight, social critique, and a call to find purpose through passion and skill, inspiring us to rethink work, challenge assumptions, and build a better future. Which quote sparks your drive to make a difference? Share it below and keep Davidson’s thought-provoking legacy alive!
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