The facts shouldn’t get in the way of a pleasant fantasy.
JOSEPH STIGLITZAsk not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.
More Joseph Stiglitz Quotes
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I grew up in a family in which political issues were often discussed, and debated intensely.
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Development is about transforming the lives of people, not just transforming economies.
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Letting bygones be bygones is a basic principle in economics.
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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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But while I loved all of these courses, there was an irresistible attraction of economics.
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Macroeconomic policy can never be devoid of politics: it involves fundamental trade-offs and affects different groups differently.
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Multinational corporations must pay their fair share of taxes.
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In developing countries, lack of infrastructure is a far more serious barrier to trade than tariffs.
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The reason that the invisible hand often seems invisible is that it is often not there.
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Loose money and light regulation were a toxic mixture. It exploded.
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Amherst is a liberal arts college, committed to providing students with a broad education.
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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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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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Bitcoin is successful only because of its potential for circumvention, lack of oversight.
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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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