"When we think of the state of the economy, we are not thinking in terms of money flow. We are thinking in terms of the effect on everyday lives of people"
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The subtext carries the moral pressure of an activist speaking into political language that often sterilizes harm. “Everyday lives” is strategic phrasing: it drags the conversation from capital to kitchens, from macro indicators to daily vulnerability. It also hints at a critique of technocracy. If leaders can hide behind growth rates while people experience stagnation, then the metrics have become a shield, not a mirror.
Context matters. Aung San Suu Kyi emerged as a global symbol of democratic resistance against military rule in Myanmar, where the “economy” has long been entangled with coercion, corruption, and uneven access. In such settings, talk of “money flow” can sound like elite circulation: contracts, cronies, and extraction. Her line insists that legitimacy depends on lived outcomes, not the elegance of policy design. It’s also a populist recalibration in the best sense: a demand that economics answer to human consequence, not just numerical performance.
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Kyi, Daw Aung San Suu. (2026, January 17). When we think of the state of the economy, we are not thinking in terms of money flow. We are thinking in terms of the effect on everyday lives of people. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/when-we-think-of-the-state-of-the-economy-we-are-56972/
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Kyi, Daw Aung San Suu. "When we think of the state of the economy, we are not thinking in terms of money flow. We are thinking in terms of the effect on everyday lives of people." FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/when-we-think-of-the-state-of-the-economy-we-are-56972/.
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"When we think of the state of the economy, we are not thinking in terms of money flow. We are thinking in terms of the effect on everyday lives of people." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/when-we-think-of-the-state-of-the-economy-we-are-56972/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
