The reason that the invisible hand often seems invisible is that it is often not there.
JOSEPH STIGLITZAnybody who knows about capitalism knows that bankruptcy is an essential part of capitalism.
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Workers’ rights should be a central focus of development.
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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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In developing countries, lack of infrastructure is a far more serious barrier to trade than tariffs.
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Letting bygones be bygones is a basic principle in economics.
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Nationalization of private debts undermines prudential lender behavior and is a government intervention in the market.
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Inequality is a choice. It is not inevitable.
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It’s easy to get rich by getting a state asset at a deep discount.
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The U.S. won’t be free of Covid-19 until the world is.
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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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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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Climate change is a reality.
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But while I loved all of these courses, there was an irresistible attraction of economics.
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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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Society can’t function without shared prosperity.
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Development is about transforming the lives of people, not just transforming economies.
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