It’s easy to get rich by getting a state asset at a deep discount.
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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Inequality is a choice. It is not inevitable.
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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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Anybody who knows about capitalism knows that bankruptcy is an essential part of capitalism.
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The facts shouldn’t get in the way of a pleasant fantasy.
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The problem is a lot of what is called economics is not economics. It is more ideology or religion.
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Society can’t function without shared prosperity.
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In developing countries, lack of infrastructure is a far more serious barrier to trade than tariffs.
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Workers’ rights should be a central focus of development.
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Anybody who knows about capitalism knows that bankruptcy is an essential part of capitalism.
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American inequality didn’t just happen. It was created.
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Development is about transforming the lives of people, not just transforming economies.
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I grew up in a family in which political issues were often discussed, and debated intensely.
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International lending banks need to focus on areas where private investment doesn’t go, such as infrastructure projects, education and poverty relief.
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Nationalization of private debts undermines prudential lender behavior and is a government intervention in the market.
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