The U.S. basically wrote the rules and created the institutions of globalisation.
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In developing countries, lack of infrastructure is a far more serious barrier to trade than tariffs.
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Anybody who knows about capitalism knows that bankruptcy is an essential part of capitalism.
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GDP tells you nothing about sustainability.
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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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Loose money and light regulation were a toxic mixture. It exploded.
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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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Letting bygones be bygones is a basic principle in economics.
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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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It’s expensive to keep 2.3 million people in prison.
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Development is about transforming the lives of people, not just transforming economies.
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Climate change is a reality.
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Economists often like startling theorems, results which seem to run counter to conventional wisdom.
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The facts shouldn’t get in the way of a pleasant fantasy.
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When you don’t have equality of opportunity because you don’t have equal access to education, it just seems so outrageous. It weakens our economy and leads to more inequality.
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