The facts shouldn’t get in the way of a pleasant fantasy.
JOSEPH STIGLITZAsk not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.
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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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Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.
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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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When markets fail, as they often do, collective action becomes imperative.
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Anybody who knows about capitalism knows that bankruptcy is an essential part of capitalism.
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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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Multinational corporations must pay their fair share of taxes.
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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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We won’t have an economic recovery until Covid-19 is under control.
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Loose money and light regulation were a toxic mixture. It exploded.
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But while I loved all of these courses, there was an irresistible attraction of economics.
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Nationalization of private debts undermines prudential lender behavior and is a government intervention in the market.
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Climate change is a reality.
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Poverty is what we call the extremes at the bottom.
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Workers’ rights should be a central focus of development.
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