Climate change poses an existential threat to the planet that is no less dire than that posed by North Korea’s nuclear ambitions.
JOSEPH STIGLITZWhen markets fail, as they often do, collective action becomes imperative.
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In developing countries, lack of infrastructure is a far more serious barrier to trade than tariffs.
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I grew up in a family in which political issues were often discussed, and debated intensely.
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GDP tells you nothing about sustainability.
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Loose money and light regulation were a toxic mixture. It exploded.
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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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Workers’ rights should be a central focus of development.
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Development is about transforming the lives of people, not just transforming economies.
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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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Bitcoin is successful only because of its potential for circumvention, lack of oversight.
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But while I loved all of these courses, there was an irresistible attraction of economics.
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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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We won’t have an economic recovery until Covid-19 is under control.
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Society can’t function without shared prosperity.
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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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Amherst is a liberal arts college, committed to providing students with a broad education.
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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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Anybody who knows about capitalism knows that bankruptcy is an essential part of capitalism.
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The U.S. basically wrote the rules and created the institutions of globalisation.
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The U.S. won’t be free of Covid-19 until the world is.
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When markets fail, as they often do, collective action becomes imperative.
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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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Anybody who knows about capitalism knows that bankruptcy is an essential part of capitalism.
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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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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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