Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.
JOSEPH STIGLITZInternational 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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Development is about transforming the lives of people, not just transforming economies.
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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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Nationalization of private debts undermines prudential lender behavior and is a government intervention in the market.
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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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The extra curricular activity in which I was most engaged – debating – helped shape my interests in public policy.
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It’s easy to get rich by getting a state asset at a deep discount.
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GDP tells you nothing about sustainability.
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Multinational corporations must pay their fair share of taxes.
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American inequality didn’t just happen. It was created.
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Anybody who knows about capitalism knows that bankruptcy is an essential part of capitalism.
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If the President asked you to help, I don’t think anybody could refuse, unless one felt that one couldn’t be effective.
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Amherst is a liberal arts college, committed to providing students with a broad education.
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But while I loved all of these courses, there was an irresistible attraction of economics.
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It’s expensive to keep 2.3 million people in prison.
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When markets fail, as they often do, collective action becomes imperative.
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