The extra curricular activity in which I was most engaged – debating – helped shape my interests in public policy.
JOSEPH STIGLITZIt is trust, more than money, that makes the world go round.
More Joseph Stiglitz Quotes
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GDP tells you nothing about sustainability.
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The facts shouldn’t get in the way of a pleasant fantasy.
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Inequality is a choice. It is not inevitable.
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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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When markets fail, as they often do, collective action becomes imperative.
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The more divided a society becomes in terms of wealth, the more reluctant the wealthy are to spend money on common needs.
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I grew up in a family in which political issues were often discussed, and debated intensely.
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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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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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It is trust, more than money, that makes the world go round.
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The reason that the invisible hand often seems invisible is that it is often not there.
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Multinational corporations must pay their fair share of taxes.
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Economists often like startling theorems, results which seem to run counter to conventional wisdom.
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Development is about transforming the lives of people, not just transforming economies.
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