Letting bygones be bygones is a basic principle in economics.
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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It’s easy to get rich by getting a state asset at a deep discount.
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We won’t have an economic recovery until Covid-19 is under control.
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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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I grew up in a family in which political issues were often discussed, and debated intensely.
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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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The U.S. basically wrote the rules and created the institutions of globalisation.
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Workers’ rights should be a central focus of development.
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American inequality didn’t just happen. It was created.
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Climate change is a reality.
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Poverty is what we call the extremes at the bottom.
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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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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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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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Multinational corporations must pay their fair share of taxes.
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