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.
JOSEPH STIGLITZBut while I loved all of these courses, there was an irresistible attraction of economics.
More Joseph Stiglitz Quotes
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Workers’ rights should be a central focus of development.
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GDP tells you nothing about sustainability.
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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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The reason that the invisible hand often seems invisible is that it is often not there.
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We won’t have an economic recovery until Covid-19 is under control.
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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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The facts shouldn’t get in the way of a pleasant fantasy.
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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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Amherst is a liberal arts college, committed to providing students with a broad education.
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Bitcoin is successful only because of its potential for circumvention, lack of oversight.
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American inequality didn’t just happen. It was created.
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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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Anybody who knows about capitalism knows that bankruptcy is an essential part of capitalism.
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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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