Letting bygones be bygones is a basic principle in economics.
JOSEPH STIGLITZThe facts shouldn’t get in the way of a pleasant fantasy.
More Joseph Stiglitz Quotes
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The U.S. won’t be free of Covid-19 until the world is.
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It is trust, more than money, that makes the world go round.
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Anybody who knows about capitalism knows that bankruptcy is an essential part of capitalism.
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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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When I said “the pocket of the banks,” it is not necessarily a mercenary relationship. It is a mindset.
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The reason that the invisible hand often seems invisible is that it is often not there.
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Nationalization of private debts undermines prudential lender behavior and is a government intervention in the market.
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Poverty is what we call the extremes at the bottom.
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But while I loved all of these courses, there was an irresistible attraction of economics.
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If the President asked you to help, I don’t think anybody could refuse, unless one felt that one couldn’t be effective.
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Economists often like startling theorems, results which seem to run counter to conventional wisdom.
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Anybody who knows about capitalism knows that bankruptcy is an essential part of capitalism.
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Climate change is a reality.
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American inequality didn’t just happen. It was created.
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Bitcoin is successful only because of its potential for circumvention, lack of oversight.
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