The facts shouldn’t get in the way of a pleasant fantasy.
JOSEPH STIGLITZPoverty is what we call the extremes at the bottom.
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The U.S. basically wrote the rules and created the institutions of globalisation.
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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 extra curricular activity in which I was most engaged – debating – helped shape my interests in public policy.
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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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American inequality didn’t just happen. It was created.
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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 easy to get rich by getting a state asset at a deep discount.
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Anybody who knows about capitalism knows that bankruptcy is an essential part of capitalism.
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The U.S. won’t be free of Covid-19 until the world is.
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Poverty is what we call the extremes at the bottom.
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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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GDP tells you nothing about sustainability.
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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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It is trust, more than money, that makes the world go round.
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