Letting bygones be bygones is a basic principle in economics.
JOSEPH STIGLITZClimate change poses an existential threat to the planet that is no less dire than that posed by North Korea’s nuclear ambitions.
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We won’t have an economic recovery until Covid-19 is under control.
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Amherst is a liberal arts college, committed to providing students with a broad education.
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Economists often like startling theorems, results which seem to run counter to conventional wisdom.
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It’s easy to get rich by getting a state asset at a deep discount.
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Inequality is a choice. It is not inevitable.
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Development is about transforming the lives of people, not just transforming economies.
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Loose money and light regulation were a toxic mixture. It exploded.
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The U.S. basically wrote the rules and created the institutions of globalisation.
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Poverty is what we call the extremes at the bottom.
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Workers’ rights should be a central focus of development.
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The facts shouldn’t get in the way of a pleasant fantasy.
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The problem is a lot of what is called economics is not economics. It is more ideology or religion.
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What you measure affects what you do. If you don’t measure the right thing, you don’t do the right thing.
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Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.
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In developing countries, lack of infrastructure is a far more serious barrier to trade than tariffs.
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