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Inequality is a choice. It is not inevitable.
Joseph StiglitzJoseph Stiglitz Letting bygones be bygones is a basic principle in economics.
Joseph StiglitzJoseph Stiglitz Nationalization of private debts undermines prudential lender behavior and is a government intervention in the market.
Joseph StiglitzJoseph Stiglitz If the President asked you to help, I don’t think anybody could refuse, unless one felt that one couldn’t be effective.
Joseph StiglitzJoseph Stiglitz Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.
Joseph StiglitzJoseph Stiglitz The U.S. basically wrote the rules and created the institutions of globalisation.
Joseph StiglitzJoseph Stiglitz Development is about transforming the lives of people, not just transforming economies.
Joseph StiglitzJoseph Stiglitz The reason that the invisible hand often seems invisible is that it is often not there.
Joseph StiglitzJoseph Stiglitz Bitcoin is successful only because of its potential for circumvention, lack of oversight.
Joseph StiglitzJoseph Stiglitz But while I loved all of these courses, there was an irresistible attraction of economics.
Joseph StiglitzJoseph Stiglitz Macroeconomic policy can never be devoid of politics: it involves fundamental trade-offs and affects different groups differently.
Joseph StiglitzJoseph Stiglitz The extra curricular activity in which I was most engaged – debating – helped shape my interests in public policy.
Joseph StiglitzJoseph Stiglitz Multinational corporations must pay their fair share of taxes.
Joseph StiglitzJoseph Stiglitz The more divided a society becomes in terms of wealth, the more reluctant the wealthy are to spend money on common needs.
Joseph StiglitzJoseph Stiglitz Society can’t function without shared prosperity.
Joseph StiglitzJoseph Stiglitz The only surprise about the economic crisis of 2008 was that it came as a surprise to so many.
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It is better to change an opinion than to persist in a wrong one.
SocratesSocrates When you change your thinking, you change actions, when you change your action you change your future.
Zig ZiglarZig Ziglar Hurt’s a reason to change, but all the hurt in the world don’t change facts.
Stephen KingStephen King Make every effort to change things you do not like. If you cannot make a change, change the way you have been thinking. You might find a new solution.
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