The U.S. basically wrote the rules and created the institutions of globalisation.
JOSEPH STIGLITZLetting bygones be bygones is a basic principle in economics.
More Joseph Stiglitz Quotes
-
-
The only surprise about the economic crisis of 2008 was that it came as a surprise to so many.
JOSEPH STIGLITZ -
What you measure affects what you do. If you don’t measure the right thing, you don’t do the right thing.
JOSEPH STIGLITZ -
Climate change is a reality.
JOSEPH STIGLITZ -
International lending banks need to focus on areas where private investment doesn’t go, such as infrastructure projects, education and poverty relief.
JOSEPH STIGLITZ -
Loose money and light regulation were a toxic mixture. It exploded.
JOSEPH STIGLITZ -
The extra curricular activity in which I was most engaged – debating – helped shape my interests in public policy.
JOSEPH STIGLITZ -
GDP tells you nothing about sustainability.
JOSEPH STIGLITZ -
Workers’ rights should be a central focus of development.
JOSEPH STIGLITZ -
Economists often like startling theorems, results which seem to run counter to conventional wisdom.
JOSEPH STIGLITZ -
It is trust, more than money, that makes the world go round.
JOSEPH STIGLITZ -
The facts shouldn’t get in the way of a pleasant fantasy.
JOSEPH STIGLITZ -
The more divided a society becomes in terms of wealth, the more reluctant the wealthy are to spend money on common needs.
JOSEPH STIGLITZ -
When I said “the pocket of the banks,” it is not necessarily a mercenary relationship. It is a mindset.
JOSEPH STIGLITZ -
Macroeconomic policy can never be devoid of politics: it involves fundamental trade-offs and affects different groups differently.
JOSEPH STIGLITZ -
Anybody who knows about capitalism knows that bankruptcy is an essential part of capitalism.
JOSEPH STIGLITZ