Climate change is a reality.
JOSEPH STIGLITZAnybody who knows about capitalism knows that bankruptcy is an essential part of capitalism.
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In developing countries, lack of infrastructure is a far more serious barrier to trade than tariffs.
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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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GDP tells you nothing about sustainability.
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Inequality is a choice. It is not inevitable.
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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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But while I loved all of these courses, there was an irresistible attraction of economics.
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Development is about transforming the lives of people, not just transforming economies.
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The U.S. basically wrote the rules and created the institutions of globalisation.
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American inequality didn’t just happen. It was created.
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The reason that the invisible hand often seems invisible is that it is often not there.
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Letting bygones be bygones is a basic principle in economics.
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It’s expensive to keep 2.3 million people in prison.
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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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Macroeconomic policy can never be devoid of politics: it involves fundamental trade-offs and affects different groups differently.
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The only surprise about the economic crisis of 2008 was that it came as a surprise to so many.
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