American inequality didn’t just happen. It was created.
JOSEPH STIGLITZThe 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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The only surprise about the economic crisis of 2008 was that it came as a surprise to so many.
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We won’t have an economic recovery until Covid-19 is under control.
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Anybody who knows about capitalism knows that bankruptcy is an essential part of capitalism.
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Inequality is a choice. It is not inevitable.
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The U.S. won’t be free of Covid-19 until the world is.
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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 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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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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But while I loved all of these courses, there was an irresistible attraction of economics.
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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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Bitcoin is successful only because of its potential for circumvention, lack of oversight.
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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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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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The U.S. basically wrote the rules and created the institutions of globalisation.
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