What you measure affects what you do. If you don’t measure the right thing, you don’t do the right thing.
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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Economists often like startling theorems, results which seem to run counter to conventional wisdom.
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Society can’t function without shared prosperity.
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Anybody who knows about capitalism knows that bankruptcy is an essential part of capitalism.
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Nationalization of private debts undermines prudential lender behavior and is a government intervention in the market.
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Multinational corporations must pay their fair share of taxes.
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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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Inequality is a choice. It is not inevitable.
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Bitcoin is successful only because of its potential for circumvention, lack of oversight.
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It’s expensive to keep 2.3 million people in prison.
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It’s easy to get rich by getting a state asset at a deep discount.
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Loose money and light regulation were a toxic mixture. It exploded.
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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 facts shouldn’t get in the way of a pleasant fantasy.
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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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Amherst is a liberal arts college, committed to providing students with a broad education.
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