The more divided a society becomes in terms of wealth, the more reluctant the wealthy are to spend money on common needs.
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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It’s expensive to keep 2.3 million people in prison.
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Climate change is a reality.
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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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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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Economists often like startling theorems, results which seem to run counter to conventional wisdom.
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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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Nationalization of private debts undermines prudential lender behavior and is a government intervention in the market.
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The U.S. basically wrote the rules and created the institutions of globalisation.
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Multinational corporations must pay their fair share of taxes.
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Development is about transforming the lives of people, not just transforming economies.
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Workers’ rights should be a central focus of development.
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Society can’t function without shared prosperity.
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The reason that the invisible hand often seems invisible is that it is often not there.
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It is trust, more than money, that makes the world go round.
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Amherst is a liberal arts college, committed to providing students with a broad education.
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