The only surprise about the economic crisis of 2008 was that it came as a surprise to so many.
JOSEPH STIGLITZThe extra curricular activity in which I was most engaged – debating – helped shape my interests in public policy.
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Bitcoin is successful only because of its potential for circumvention, lack of oversight.
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It is trust, more than money, that makes the world go round.
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Development is about transforming the lives of people, not just transforming economies.
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When you don’t have equality of opportunity because you don’t have equal access to education, it just seems so outrageous. It weakens our economy and leads to more inequality.
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The U.S. won’t be free of Covid-19 until the world is.
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GDP tells you nothing about sustainability.
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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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Loose money and light regulation were a toxic mixture. It exploded.
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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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Economists often like startling theorems, results which seem to run counter to conventional wisdom.
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I grew up in a family in which political issues were often discussed, and debated intensely.
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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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But while I loved all of these courses, there was an irresistible attraction of economics.
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Society can’t function without shared prosperity.
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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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