It is trust, more than money, that makes the world go round.
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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Workers’ rights should be a central focus of development.
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Climate change is a reality.
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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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Letting bygones be bygones is a basic principle in economics.
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GDP tells you nothing about sustainability.
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Economists often like startling theorems, results which seem to run counter to conventional wisdom.
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The more divided a society becomes in terms of wealth, the more reluctant the wealthy are to spend money on common needs.
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Anybody who knows about capitalism knows that bankruptcy is an essential part of capitalism.
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Nationalization of private debts undermines prudential lender behavior and is a government intervention in the market.
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The U.S. won’t be free of Covid-19 until the world is.
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Macroeconomic policy can never be devoid of politics: it involves fundamental trade-offs and affects different groups differently.
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The extra curricular activity in which I was most engaged – debating – helped shape my interests in public policy.
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If the President asked you to help, I don’t think anybody could refuse, unless one felt that one couldn’t be effective.
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Multinational corporations must pay their fair share of taxes.
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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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