Anybody who knows about capitalism knows that bankruptcy is an essential part of capitalism.
JOSEPH STIGLITZThe problem is a lot of what is called economics is not economics. It is more ideology or religion.
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Climate change is a reality.
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It’s expensive to keep 2.3 million people in prison.
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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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In developing countries, lack of infrastructure is a far more serious barrier to trade than tariffs.
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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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It’s easy to get rich by getting a state asset at a deep discount.
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It is trust, more than money, that makes the world go round.
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American inequality didn’t just happen. It was created.
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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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Society can’t function without shared prosperity.
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Climate change poses an existential threat to the planet that is no less dire than that posed by North Korea’s nuclear ambitions.
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Poverty is what we call the extremes at the bottom.
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Multinational corporations must pay their fair share of taxes.
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Development is about transforming the lives of people, not just transforming economies.
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Economists often like startling theorems, results which seem to run counter to conventional wisdom.
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