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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GDP tells you nothing about sustainability.
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American inequality didn’t just happen. It was created.
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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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The facts shouldn’t get in the way of a pleasant fantasy.
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Bitcoin is successful only because of its potential for circumvention, lack of oversight.
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Anybody who knows about capitalism knows that bankruptcy is an essential part of capitalism.
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In developing countries, lack of infrastructure is a far more serious barrier to trade than tariffs.
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Economists often like startling theorems, results which seem to run counter to conventional wisdom.
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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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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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Society can’t function without shared prosperity.
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The U.S. won’t be free of Covid-19 until the world is.
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The U.S. basically wrote the rules and created the institutions of globalisation.
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Anybody who knows about capitalism knows that bankruptcy is an essential part of capitalism.
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Development is about transforming the lives of people, not just transforming economies.
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