Climate change poses an existential threat to the planet that is no less dire than that posed by North Korea’s nuclear ambitions.
JOSEPH STIGLITZWhen I said “the pocket of the banks,” it is not necessarily a mercenary relationship. It is a mindset.
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Loose money and light regulation were a toxic mixture. It exploded.
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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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American inequality didn’t just happen. It was created.
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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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We won’t have an economic recovery until Covid-19 is under control.
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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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Anybody who knows about capitalism knows that bankruptcy is an essential part of capitalism.
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Letting bygones be bygones is a basic principle in economics.
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When markets fail, as they often do, collective action becomes imperative.
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Economists often like startling theorems, results which seem to run counter to conventional wisdom.
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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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It’s easy to get rich by getting a state asset at a deep discount.
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Society can’t function without shared prosperity.
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The U.S. won’t be free of Covid-19 until the world is.
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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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