American inequality didn’t just happen. It was created.
JOSEPH STIGLITZSociety can’t function without shared prosperity.
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We won’t have an economic recovery until Covid-19 is under control.
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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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Development is about transforming the lives of people, not just transforming economies.
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Inequality is a choice. It is not inevitable.
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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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What you measure affects what you do. If you don’t measure the right thing, you don’t do the right thing.
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It’s easy to get rich by getting a state asset at a deep discount.
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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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Macroeconomic policy can never be devoid of politics: it involves fundamental trade-offs and affects different groups differently.
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When markets fail, as they often do, collective action becomes imperative.
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Bitcoin is successful only because of its potential for circumvention, lack of oversight.
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Multinational corporations must pay their fair share of taxes.
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I grew up in a family in which political issues were often discussed, and debated intensely.
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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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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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