Inequality is a choice. It is not inevitable.
JOSEPH STIGLITZThe U.S. basically wrote the rules and created the institutions of globalisation.
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Society can’t function without shared prosperity.
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GDP tells you nothing about sustainability.
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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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Bitcoin is successful only because of its potential for circumvention, lack of oversight.
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The reason that the invisible hand often seems invisible is that it is often not there.
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When I said “the pocket of the banks,” it is not necessarily a mercenary relationship. It is a mindset.
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Poverty is what we call the extremes at the bottom.
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Amherst is a liberal arts college, committed to providing students with a broad education.
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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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The U.S. won’t be free of Covid-19 until the world is.
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It’s expensive to keep 2.3 million people in prison.
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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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Development is about transforming the lives of people, not just transforming economies.
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It is trust, more than money, that makes the world go round.
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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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