What you measure affects what you do. If you don’t measure the right thing, you don’t do the right thing.
JOSEPH STIGLITZClimate 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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Anybody who knows about capitalism knows that bankruptcy is an essential part of capitalism.
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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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Workers’ rights should be a central focus of development.
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I grew up in a family in which political issues were often discussed, and debated intensely.
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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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Loose money and light regulation were a toxic mixture. It exploded.
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Anybody who knows about capitalism knows that bankruptcy is an essential part of capitalism.
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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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The reason that the invisible hand often seems invisible is that it is often not there.
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GDP tells you nothing about sustainability.
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American inequality didn’t just happen. It was created.
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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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The U.S. basically wrote the rules and created the institutions of globalisation.
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Inequality is a choice. It is not inevitable.
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