But while I loved all of these courses, there was an irresistible attraction of economics.
JOSEPH STIGLITZLoose money and light regulation were a toxic mixture. It exploded.
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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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Bitcoin is successful only because of its potential for circumvention, lack of oversight.
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Letting bygones be bygones is a basic principle in economics.
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When markets fail, as they often do, collective action becomes imperative.
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It’s expensive to keep 2.3 million people in prison.
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Climate change is a reality.
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Amherst is a liberal arts college, committed to providing students with a broad education.
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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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The facts shouldn’t get in the way of a pleasant fantasy.
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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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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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The reason that the invisible hand often seems invisible is that it is often not there.
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The U.S. basically wrote the rules and created the institutions of globalisation.
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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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