When I said “the pocket of the banks,” it is not necessarily a mercenary relationship. It is a mindset.
JOSEPH STIGLITZIf the President asked you to help, I don’t think anybody could refuse, unless one felt that one couldn’t be effective.
More Joseph Stiglitz Quotes
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The U.S. won’t be free of Covid-19 until the world is.
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Development is about transforming the lives of people, not just transforming economies.
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Poverty is what we call the extremes at the bottom.
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GDP tells you nothing about sustainability.
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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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We won’t have an economic recovery until Covid-19 is under control.
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Letting bygones be bygones is a basic principle in economics.
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It is trust, more than money, that makes the world go round.
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Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.
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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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Bitcoin is successful only because of its potential for circumvention, lack of oversight.
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The more divided a society becomes in terms of wealth, the more reluctant the wealthy are to spend money on common needs.
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It’s easy to get rich by getting a state asset at a deep discount.
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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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