Workers’ rights should be a central focus of development.
JOSEPH STIGLITZIf 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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Development is about transforming the lives of people, not just transforming economies.
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When markets fail, as they often do, collective action becomes imperative.
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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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Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.
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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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Nationalization of private debts undermines prudential lender behavior and is a government intervention in the market.
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Amherst is a liberal arts college, committed to providing students with a broad education.
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Bitcoin is successful only because of its potential for circumvention, lack of oversight.
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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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GDP tells you nothing about sustainability.
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What you measure affects what you do. If you don’t measure the right thing, you don’t do the right thing.
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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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Poverty is what we call the extremes at the bottom.
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American inequality didn’t just happen. It was created.
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