Bitcoin is successful only because of its potential for circumvention, lack of oversight.
JOSEPH STIGLITZWorkers’ rights should be a central focus of development.
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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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When I said “the pocket of the banks,” it is not necessarily a mercenary relationship. It is a mindset.
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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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Society can’t function without shared prosperity.
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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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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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Loose money and light regulation were a toxic mixture. It exploded.
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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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GDP tells you nothing about sustainability.
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When markets fail, as they often do, collective action becomes imperative.
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It is trust, more than money, that makes the world go round.
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Inequality is a choice. It is not inevitable.
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