Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.
JOSEPH STIGLITZAnybody who knows about capitalism knows that bankruptcy is an essential part of capitalism.
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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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The extra curricular activity in which I was most engaged – debating – helped shape my interests in public policy.
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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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American inequality didn’t just happen. It was created.
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I grew up in a family in which political issues were often discussed, and debated intensely.
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Economists often like startling theorems, results which seem to run counter to conventional wisdom.
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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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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’s easy to get rich by getting a state asset at a deep discount.
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The U.S. won’t be free of Covid-19 until the world is.
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International 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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Climate change is a reality.
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Anybody who knows about capitalism knows that bankruptcy is an essential part of capitalism.
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The problem is a lot of what is called economics is not economics. It is more ideology or religion.
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