If the President asked you to help, I don’t think anybody could refuse, unless one felt that one couldn’t be effective.
JOSEPH STIGLITZIt’s easy to get rich by getting a state asset at a deep discount.
More Joseph Stiglitz Quotes
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Climate change is a reality.
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Anybody who knows about capitalism knows that bankruptcy is an essential part of capitalism.
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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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Anybody who knows about capitalism knows that bankruptcy is an essential part of capitalism.
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Society can’t function without shared prosperity.
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GDP tells you nothing about sustainability.
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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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Economists often like startling theorems, results which seem to run counter to conventional wisdom.
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Nationalization of private debts undermines prudential lender behavior and is a government intervention in the market.
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The U.S. won’t be free of Covid-19 until the world is.
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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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The reason that the invisible hand often seems invisible is that it is often not there.
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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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American inequality didn’t just happen. It was created.
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It’s easy to get rich by getting a state asset at a deep discount.
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