Nationalization of private debts undermines prudential lender behavior and is a government intervention in the market.
JOSEPH STIGLITZThe reason that the invisible hand often seems invisible is that it is often not there.
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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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Anybody who knows about capitalism knows that bankruptcy is an essential part of capitalism.
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Climate change is a reality.
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It’s expensive to keep 2.3 million people in prison.
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When you don’t have equality of opportunity because you don’t have equal access to education, it just seems so outrageous. It weakens our economy and leads to more inequality.
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American inequality didn’t just happen. It was created.
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Climate 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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The problem is a lot of what is called economics is not economics. It is more ideology or religion.
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The U.S. won’t be free of Covid-19 until the world is.
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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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Amherst is a liberal arts college, committed to providing students with a broad education.
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When markets fail, as they often do, collective action becomes imperative.
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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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Society can’t function without shared prosperity.
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