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.
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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Anybody who knows about capitalism knows that bankruptcy is an essential part of capitalism.
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We won’t have an economic recovery until Covid-19 is under control.
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Loose money and light regulation were a toxic mixture. It exploded.
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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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Poverty is what we call the extremes at the bottom.
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Inequality is a choice. It is not inevitable.
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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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But while I loved all of these courses, there was an irresistible attraction of economics.
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Letting bygones be bygones is a basic principle in economics.
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American inequality didn’t just happen. It was created.
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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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Multinational corporations must pay their fair share of taxes.
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Anybody who knows about capitalism knows that bankruptcy is an essential part of capitalism.
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The U.S. won’t be free of Covid-19 until the world is.
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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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