If the President asked you to help, I don’t think anybody could refuse, unless one felt that one couldn’t be effective.
JOSEPH STIGLITZIf the President asked you to help, I don’t think anybody could refuse, unless one felt that one couldn’t be effective.
JOSEPH STIGLITZThe problem is a lot of what is called economics is not economics. It is more ideology or religion.
JOSEPH STIGLITZGDP tells you nothing about sustainability.
JOSEPH STIGLITZNationalization of private debts undermines prudential lender behavior and is a government intervention in the market.
JOSEPH STIGLITZThe extra curricular activity in which I was most engaged – debating – helped shape my interests in public policy.
JOSEPH STIGLITZIt’s expensive to keep 2.3 million people in prison.
JOSEPH STIGLITZThe reason that the invisible hand often seems invisible is that it is often not there.
JOSEPH STIGLITZWhen 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.
JOSEPH STIGLITZWhat you measure affects what you do. If you don’t measure the right thing, you don’t do the right thing.
JOSEPH STIGLITZI grew up in a family in which political issues were often discussed, and debated intensely.
JOSEPH STIGLITZAmherst is a liberal arts college, committed to providing students with a broad education.
JOSEPH STIGLITZMultinational corporations must pay their fair share of taxes.
JOSEPH STIGLITZPoverty is what we call the extremes at the bottom.
JOSEPH STIGLITZIn developing countries, lack of infrastructure is a far more serious barrier to trade than tariffs.
JOSEPH STIGLITZLetting bygones be bygones is a basic principle in economics.
JOSEPH STIGLITZDevelopment is about transforming the lives of people, not just transforming economies.
JOSEPH STIGLITZ