Economists often like startling theorems, results which seem to run counter to conventional wisdom.
JOSEPH STIGLITZAnybody who knows about capitalism knows that bankruptcy is an essential part of capitalism.
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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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In developing countries, lack of infrastructure is a far more serious barrier to trade than tariffs.
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Climate change poses an existential threat to the planet that is no less dire than that posed by North Korea’s nuclear ambitions.
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Climate change is a reality.
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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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Anybody who knows about capitalism knows that bankruptcy is an essential part of capitalism.
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It’s expensive to keep 2.3 million people in prison.
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Amherst is a liberal arts college, committed to providing students with a broad education.
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It’s easy to get rich by getting a state asset at a deep discount.
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It is trust, more than money, that makes the world go round.
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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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When markets fail, as they often do, collective action becomes imperative.
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Letting bygones be bygones is a basic principle in economics.
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Inequality is a choice. It is not inevitable.
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The U.S. basically wrote the rules and created the institutions of globalisation.
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