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The extra curricular activity in which I was most engaged – debating – helped shape my interests in public policy.

Joseph Stiglitz

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Amherst is a liberal arts college, committed to providing students with a broad education.
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Broad College Education Student
When I said “the pocket of the banks,” it is not necessarily a mercenary relationship. It is a mindset.
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Bank Mindset Pocket
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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Money Need Society Spend Wealth
We won’t have an economic recovery until Covid-19 is under control.
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Control Covid-19 Economy Recover
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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Affect Measure Right
Letting bygones be bygones is a basic principle in economics.
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Economy Principle
Workers’ rights should be a central focus of development.
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Central Development Focus Rights
Nationalization of private debts undermines prudential lender behavior and is a government intervention in the market.
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Behavior Debt Government Market Private
GDP tells you nothing about sustainability.
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Economy GDP Sustain
It’s easy to get rich by getting a state asset at a deep discount.
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Asset Discount Rich Strategy
Poverty is what we call the extremes at the bottom.
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Bottom Country Extreme Poverty
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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Ask Effective Help President Refuse
The problem is a lot of what is called economics is not economics. It is more ideology or religion.
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Economy Ideology Problem Religion
When markets fail, as they often do, collective action becomes imperative.
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Bitcoin Crypto Currency Failure Market Share Market
Loose money and light regulation were a toxic mixture. It exploded.
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Mixture Money Toxic
Economists often like startling theorems, results which seem to run counter to conventional wisdom.
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Conventional Counter Economy Result Wisdom

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