When I said “the pocket of the banks,” it is not necessarily a mercenary relationship. It is a mindset.
JOSEPH STIGLITZWhen 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.
More Joseph Stiglitz Quotes
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We won’t have an economic recovery until Covid-19 is under control.
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But while I loved all of these courses, there was an irresistible attraction of economics.
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I grew up in a family in which political issues were often discussed, and debated intensely.
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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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The problem is a lot of what is called economics is not economics. It is more ideology or religion.
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The facts shouldn’t get in the way of a pleasant fantasy.
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Multinational corporations must pay their fair share of taxes.
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Amherst is a liberal arts college, committed to providing students with a broad education.
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Development is about transforming the lives of people, not just transforming economies.
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It’s easy to get rich by getting a state asset at a deep discount.
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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 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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American inequality didn’t just happen. It was created.
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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 U.S. basically wrote the rules and created the institutions of globalisation.
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