Development is about transforming the lives of people, not just transforming economies.
JOSEPH STIGLITZThe only surprise about the economic crisis of 2008 was that it came as a surprise to so many.
More Joseph Stiglitz Quotes
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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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Macroeconomic policy can never be devoid of politics: it involves fundamental trade-offs and affects different groups differently.
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In developing countries, lack of infrastructure is a far more serious barrier to trade than tariffs.
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The U.S. won’t be free of Covid-19 until the world is.
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GDP tells you nothing about sustainability.
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The reason that the invisible hand often seems invisible is that it is often not there.
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American inequality didn’t just happen. It was created.
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Anybody who knows about capitalism knows that bankruptcy is an essential part of capitalism.
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Society can’t function without shared prosperity.
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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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Poverty is what we call the extremes at the bottom.
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Climate change is a reality.
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The only surprise about the economic crisis of 2008 was that it came as a surprise to so many.
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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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Anybody who knows about capitalism knows that bankruptcy is an essential part of capitalism.
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