Inequality is a choice. It is not inevitable.
JOSEPH STIGLITZThe problem is a lot of what is called economics is not economics. It is more ideology or religion.
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Anybody who knows about capitalism knows that bankruptcy is an essential part of capitalism.
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I grew up in a family in which political issues were often discussed, and debated intensely.
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It’s expensive to keep 2.3 million people in prison.
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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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The U.S. basically wrote the rules and created the institutions of globalisation.
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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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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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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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Anybody who knows about capitalism knows that bankruptcy is an essential part of capitalism.
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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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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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The only surprise about the economic crisis of 2008 was that it came as a surprise to so many.
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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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