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.
JOSEPH STIGLITZIn developing countries, lack of infrastructure is a far more serious barrier to trade than tariffs.
More Joseph Stiglitz Quotes
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It is trust, more than money, that makes the world go round.
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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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Society can’t function without shared prosperity.
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Anybody who knows about capitalism knows that bankruptcy is an essential part of capitalism.
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Nationalization of private debts undermines prudential lender behavior and is a government intervention in the market.
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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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Poverty is what we call the extremes at the bottom.
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It’s expensive to keep 2.3 million people in prison.
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American inequality didn’t just happen. It was created.
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We won’t have an economic recovery until Covid-19 is under control.
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If the President asked you to help, I don’t think anybody could refuse, unless one felt that one couldn’t be effective.
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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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Anybody who knows about capitalism knows that bankruptcy is an essential part of capitalism.
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Amherst is a liberal arts college, committed to providing students with a broad education.
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Development is about transforming the lives of people, not just transforming economies.
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