The facts shouldn’t get in the way of a pleasant fantasy.
JOSEPH STIGLITZIt’s easy to get rich by getting a state asset at a deep discount.
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The reason that the invisible hand often seems invisible is that it is often not there.
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It’s easy to get rich by getting a state asset at a deep discount.
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Multinational corporations must pay their fair share of taxes.
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Economists often like startling theorems, results which seem to run counter to conventional wisdom.
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Inequality is a choice. It is not inevitable.
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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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Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.
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In developing countries, lack of infrastructure is a far more serious barrier to trade than tariffs.
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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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Bitcoin is successful only because of its potential for circumvention, lack of oversight.
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It’s expensive to keep 2.3 million people in prison.
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American inequality didn’t just happen. It was created.
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Poverty is what we call the extremes at the bottom.
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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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Amherst is a liberal arts college, committed to providing students with a broad education.
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