American inequality didn’t just happen. It was created.
JOSEPH STIGLITZAmerican inequality didn’t just happen. It was created.
JOSEPH STIGLITZIt’s easy to get rich by getting a state asset at a deep discount.
JOSEPH STIGLITZWorkers’ rights should be a central focus of development.
JOSEPH STIGLITZDevelopment is about transforming the lives of people, not just transforming economies.
JOSEPH STIGLITZAmherst is a liberal arts college, committed to providing students with a broad education.
JOSEPH STIGLITZThe problem is a lot of what is called economics is not economics. It is more ideology or religion.
JOSEPH STIGLITZThe U.S. basically wrote the rules and created the institutions of globalisation.
JOSEPH STIGLITZThe facts shouldn’t get in the way of a pleasant fantasy.
JOSEPH STIGLITZGDP tells you nothing about sustainability.
JOSEPH STIGLITZMacroeconomic policy can never be devoid of politics: it involves fundamental trade-offs and affects different groups differently.
JOSEPH STIGLITZAnybody who knows about capitalism knows that bankruptcy is an essential part of capitalism.
JOSEPH STIGLITZSociety can’t function without shared prosperity.
JOSEPH STIGLITZLetting bygones be bygones is a basic principle in economics.
JOSEPH STIGLITZAsk not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.
JOSEPH STIGLITZI grew up in a family in which political issues were often discussed, and debated intensely.
JOSEPH STIGLITZIt is trust, more than money, that makes the world go round.
JOSEPH STIGLITZ