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Development is about transforming the lives of people, not just transforming economies.

Joseph Stiglitz

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Economists often like startling theorems, results which seem to run counter to conventional wisdom.
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Conventional Counter Economy Result Wisdom
It’s easy to get rich by getting a state asset at a deep discount.
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Asset Discount Rich Strategy
Letting bygones be bygones is a basic principle in economics.
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Economy Principle
Loose money and light regulation were a toxic mixture. It exploded.
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Mixture Money Toxic
Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.
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Country Independence Inspirational
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
The extra curricular activity in which I was most engaged – debating – helped shape my interests in public policy.
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Activity Circular Debt Help Interest Policy Public
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
The facts shouldn’t get in the way of a pleasant fantasy.
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Fact Fantasy Pleasant
It is trust, more than money, that makes the world go round.
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Inspirational Money Round Trust World
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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Economy Education Equality Inequality Opportunity
Society can’t function without shared prosperity.
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Function Prosperity Share Society
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
When markets fail, as they often do, collective action becomes imperative.
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Anybody who knows about capitalism knows that bankruptcy is an essential part of capitalism.
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Bankrupt Capital Essential Investment
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

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