The U.S. basically wrote the rules and created the institutions of globalisation.
JOSEPH STIGLITZThe U.S. basically wrote the rules and created the institutions of globalisation.
JOSEPH STIGLITZClimate change poses an existential threat to the planet that is no less dire than that posed by North Korea’s nuclear ambitions.
JOSEPH STIGLITZWhen markets fail, as they often do, collective action becomes imperative.
JOSEPH STIGLITZThe reason that the invisible hand often seems invisible is that it is often not there.
JOSEPH STIGLITZIt’s easy to get rich by getting a state asset at a deep discount.
JOSEPH STIGLITZAsk not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.
JOSEPH STIGLITZIt is trust, more than money, that makes the world go round.
JOSEPH STIGLITZGDP tells you nothing about sustainability.
JOSEPH STIGLITZSociety can’t function without shared prosperity.
JOSEPH STIGLITZInternational lending banks need to focus on areas where private investment doesn’t go, such as infrastructure projects, education and poverty relief.
JOSEPH STIGLITZThe U.S. won’t be free of Covid-19 until the world is.
JOSEPH STIGLITZWhat you measure affects what you do. If you don’t measure the right thing, you don’t do the right thing.
JOSEPH STIGLITZThe problem is a lot of what is called economics is not economics. It is more ideology or religion.
JOSEPH STIGLITZWorkers’ rights should be a central focus of development.
JOSEPH STIGLITZThe facts shouldn’t get in the way of a pleasant fantasy.
JOSEPH STIGLITZIt’s expensive to keep 2.3 million people in prison.
JOSEPH STIGLITZ