Amherst is a liberal arts college, committed to providing students with a broad education.
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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The only surprise about the economic crisis of 2008 was that it came as a surprise to so many.
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Multinational corporations must pay their fair share of taxes.
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It’s easy to get rich by getting a state asset at a deep discount.
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Letting bygones be bygones is a basic principle in economics.
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When I said “the pocket of the banks,” it is not necessarily a mercenary relationship. It is a mindset.
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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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Economists often like startling theorems, results which seem to run counter to conventional wisdom.
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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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In developing countries, lack of infrastructure is a far more serious barrier to trade than tariffs.
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Inequality is a choice. It is not inevitable.
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We won’t have an economic recovery until Covid-19 is under control.
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American inequality didn’t just happen. It was created.
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Society can’t function without shared prosperity.
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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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Bitcoin is successful only because of its potential for circumvention, lack of oversight.
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