American inequality didn’t just happen. It was created.
JOSEPH STIGLITZDevelopment is about transforming the lives of people, not just transforming economies.
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Amherst is a liberal arts college, committed to providing students with a broad education.
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The U.S. basically wrote the rules and created the institutions of globalisation.
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We won’t have an economic recovery until Covid-19 is under control.
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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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Inequality is a choice. It is not inevitable.
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Anybody who knows about capitalism knows that bankruptcy is an essential part of capitalism.
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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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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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Poverty is what we call the extremes at the bottom.
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The extra curricular activity in which I was most engaged – debating – helped shape my interests in public policy.
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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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It is trust, more than money, that makes the world go round.
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When markets fail, as they often do, collective action becomes imperative.
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It’s expensive to keep 2.3 million people in prison.
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