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Development is about transforming the lives of people, not just transforming economies.

Joseph Stiglitz

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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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The U.S. won’t be free of Covid-19 until the world is.
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American inequality didn’t just happen. It was created.
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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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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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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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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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I grew up in a family in which political issues were often discussed, and debated intensely.
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Anybody who knows about capitalism knows that bankruptcy is an essential part of capitalism.
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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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It’s expensive to keep 2.3 million people in prison.
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Workers’ rights should be a central focus of development.
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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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The only surprise about the economic crisis of 2008 was that it came as a surprise to so many.
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Bitcoin is successful only because of its potential for circumvention, lack of oversight.
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