American inequality didn’t just happen. It was created.
JOSEPH STIGLITZThe U.S. basically wrote the rules and created the institutions of globalisation.
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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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When I said “the pocket of the banks,” it is not necessarily a mercenary relationship. It is a mindset.
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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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Loose money and light regulation were a toxic mixture. It exploded.
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Economists often like startling theorems, results which seem to run counter to conventional wisdom.
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Multinational corporations must pay their fair share of taxes.
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The only surprise about the economic crisis of 2008 was that it came as a surprise to so many.
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Inequality is a choice. It is not inevitable.
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We won’t have an economic recovery until Covid-19 is under control.
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Workers’ rights should be a central focus of development.
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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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Anybody who knows about capitalism knows that bankruptcy is an essential part of capitalism.
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When markets fail, as they often do, collective action becomes imperative.
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The U.S. basically wrote the rules and created the institutions of globalisation.
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Society can’t function without shared prosperity.
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