I grew up in a family in which political issues were often discussed, and debated intensely.
JOSEPH STIGLITZWhen 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 U.S. basically wrote the rules and created the institutions of globalisation.
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We won’t have an economic recovery until Covid-19 is under control.
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The facts shouldn’t get in the way of a pleasant fantasy.
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Climate change is a reality.
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The reason that the invisible hand often seems invisible is that it is often not there.
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Anybody who knows about capitalism knows that bankruptcy is an essential part of capitalism.
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Bitcoin is successful only because of its potential for circumvention, lack of oversight.
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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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Inequality is a choice. It is not inevitable.
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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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Anybody who knows about capitalism knows that bankruptcy is an essential part of capitalism.
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The extra curricular activity in which I was most engaged – debating – helped shape my interests in public policy.
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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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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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