The extra curricular activity in which I was most engaged – debating – helped shape my interests in public policy.
JOSEPH STIGLITZWhat you measure affects what you do. If you don’t measure the right thing, you don’t do the right thing.
More Joseph Stiglitz Quotes
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The reason that the invisible hand often seems invisible is that it is often not there.
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American inequality didn’t just happen. It was created.
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It’s easy to get rich by getting a state asset at a deep discount.
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Letting bygones be bygones is a basic principle in economics.
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Development is about transforming the lives of people, not just transforming economies.
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The U.S. won’t be free of Covid-19 until the world is.
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It’s expensive to keep 2.3 million people in prison.
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Workers’ rights should be a central focus of development.
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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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But while I loved all of these courses, there was an irresistible attraction of economics.
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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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Nationalization of private debts undermines prudential lender behavior and is a government intervention in the market.
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Bitcoin is successful only because of its potential for circumvention, lack of oversight.
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Anybody who knows about capitalism knows that bankruptcy is an essential part of capitalism.
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