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JOSEPH STIGLITZLoose money and light regulation were a toxic mixture. It exploded.
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Multinational corporations must pay their fair share of taxes.
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When markets fail, as they often do, collective action becomes imperative.
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International lending banks need to focus on areas where private investment doesn’t go, such as infrastructure projects, education and poverty relief.
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Economists often like startling theorems, results which seem to run counter to conventional wisdom.
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Bitcoin is successful only because of its potential for circumvention, lack of oversight.
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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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I grew up in a family in which political issues were often discussed, and debated intensely.
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Society can’t function without shared prosperity.
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It is trust, more than money, that makes the world go round.
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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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But while I loved all of these courses, there was an irresistible attraction of economics.
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Development is about transforming the lives of people, not just transforming economies.
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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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Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.
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Inequality is a choice. It is not inevitable.
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