Poverty is what we call the extremes at the bottom.
JOSEPH STIGLITZPoverty is what we call the extremes at the bottom.
JOSEPH STIGLITZLoose money and light regulation were a toxic mixture. It exploded.
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 STIGLITZAsk not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.
JOSEPH STIGLITZNationalization of private debts undermines prudential lender behavior and is a government intervention in the market.
JOSEPH STIGLITZThe U.S. basically wrote the rules and created the institutions of globalisation.
JOSEPH STIGLITZThe problem is a lot of what is called economics is not economics. It is more ideology or religion.
JOSEPH STIGLITZInequality is a choice. It is not inevitable.
JOSEPH STIGLITZDevelopment is about transforming the lives of people, not just transforming economies.
JOSEPH STIGLITZThe U.S. won’t be free of Covid-19 until the world is.
JOSEPH STIGLITZWhen markets fail, as they often do, collective action becomes imperative.
JOSEPH STIGLITZMultinational corporations must pay their fair share of taxes.
JOSEPH STIGLITZLetting bygones be bygones is a basic principle in economics.
JOSEPH STIGLITZGDP tells you nothing about sustainability.
JOSEPH STIGLITZWhen I said “the pocket of the banks,” it is not necessarily a mercenary relationship. It is a mindset.
JOSEPH STIGLITZIt is trust, more than money, that makes the world go round.
JOSEPH STIGLITZ