The more divided a society becomes in terms of wealth, the more reluctant the wealthy are to spend money on common needs.
JOSEPH STIGLITZIt’s expensive to keep 2.3 million people in prison.
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Letting bygones be bygones is a basic principle in economics.
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Development is about transforming the lives of people, not just transforming economies.
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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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Workers’ rights should be a central focus of development.
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In developing countries, lack of infrastructure is a far more serious barrier to trade than tariffs.
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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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It’s easy to get rich by getting a state asset at a deep discount.
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But while I loved all of these courses, there was an irresistible attraction of economics.
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Anybody who knows about capitalism knows that bankruptcy is an essential part of capitalism.
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Society can’t function without shared prosperity.
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When markets fail, as they often do, collective action becomes imperative.
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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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The U.S. won’t be free of Covid-19 until the world is.
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Poverty is what we call the extremes at the bottom.
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