Development is about transforming the lives of people, not just transforming economies.
JOSEPH STIGLITZ
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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American inequality didn’t just happen. It was created.
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The facts shouldn’t get in the way of a pleasant fantasy.
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Bitcoin is successful only because of its potential for circumvention, lack of oversight.
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The U.S. won’t be free of Covid-19 until the world is.
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The U.S. basically wrote the rules and created the institutions of globalisation.
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When markets fail, as they often do, collective action becomes imperative.
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I grew up in a family in which political issues were often discussed, and debated intensely.
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Anybody who knows about capitalism knows that bankruptcy is an essential part of capitalism.
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In developing countries, lack of infrastructure is a far more serious barrier to trade than tariffs.
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The more divided a society becomes in terms of wealth, the more reluctant the wealthy are to spend money on common needs.
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Letting bygones be bygones is a basic principle in economics.
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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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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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It’s easy to get rich by getting a state asset at a deep discount.
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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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