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Amherst was pivotal in my broad intellectual development; MIT in my development as a professional economist.
— Joseph Stiglitz
The problem is a lot of what is called economics is not economics. It is more ideology or religion.
— Joseph Stiglitz
The important lesson of the deficit is - and the national debt - is we have to be careful about how we're spending money.
— Joseph Stiglitz
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We are helping the people that [George W.]Bush says are evil. Teheran couldn't be happier about the high oil prices resulting from the Iraq war.
— Joseph Stiglitz
When I said "the pocket of the banks," it is not necessarily a mercenary relationship. It is a mindset.
— Joseph Stiglitz
I, like many members of my generation, was concerned with segregation and the repeated violation of civil rights.
— Joseph Stiglitz
Most people think the Iraq war has increased the probability of an attack. However, it's difficult to put this aspect into financial terms.
— Joseph Stiglitz
Macroeconomic policy can never be devoid of politics: it involves fundamental trade-offs and affects different groups differently.
— Joseph Stiglitz
But while I loved all of these courses, there was an irresistible attraction of economics.
— Joseph Stiglitz
Economists often like startling theorems, results which seem to run counter to conventional wisdom.
— Joseph Stiglitz
I think that for the developing world there are many versions of capitalism, and countries have to choose one that's appropriate.
— Joseph Stiglitz
American inequality didn't just happen. It was created.
— Joseph Stiglitz
Most poor people earn more than minimum wage when they are working; their problem is not low wages. The problem comes when they are not working.
— Joseph Stiglitz
I grew up in a family in which political issues were often discussed, and debated intensely.
— Joseph Stiglitz
Active learning is always involved with interaction between teachers and students and Socratic methods and that's gonna continue.
— Joseph Stiglitz
Power - often military power - was at the origin of these inequities.
— Joseph E. Stiglitz
Poverty is what we call the extremes at the bottom.
— Joseph Stiglitz
Americans all benefit from the physical and institutional infrastructure that has developed from the country's collective efforts over generations.
— Joseph E. Stiglitz
The reason that the invisible hand often seems invisible is that it is often not there.
— Joseph Stiglitz
What you measure affects what you do. If you don't measure the right thing, you don't do the right thing.
— Joseph Stiglitz
I knew that discrimination existed, even though there were many individuals who were not prejudiced.
— Joseph Stiglitz
Loose money and light regulation were a toxic mixture. It exploded.
— Joseph E. Stiglitz
The only surprise about the economic crisis of 2008 was that it came as a surprise to so many.
— Joseph Stiglitz
If the President asked you to help, I don't think anybody could refuse, unless one felt that one couldn't be effective.
— Joseph Stiglitz
Not everybody is qualified to go to Stanford, but everybody should have access to the best qualify for which they are eligible.
— Joseph Stiglitz
International lending banks need to focus on areas where private investment doesn't go, such as infrastructure projects, education and poverty relief.
— Joseph Stiglitz
The extra curricular activity in which I was most engaged - debating - helped shape my interests in public policy.
— Joseph Stiglitz
Climate change is a reality.
— Joseph Stiglitz
The only true and sustainable prosperity is shared prosperity.
— Joseph E. Stiglitz
Amherst is a liberal arts college, committed to providing students with a broad education.
— Joseph Stiglitz
Development is about transforming the lives of people, not just transforming economies.
— Joseph E. Stiglitz
You can't overestimate what happens when you encourage regulators to believe that the goal of regulation is not to regulate.
— Joseph Stiglitz
GDP tells you nothing about sustainability
— Joseph Stiglitz
Misguided liberal Joseph Stiglitz.Columbia University professor and Nobel Prize winner, claims the American dream is dead.
— Jedediah Bila
It is trust, more than money, that makes the world go round.
— Joseph Stiglitz
In developing countries, lack of infrastructure is a far more serious barrier to trade than tariffs.
— Joseph Stiglitz
The facts shouldn't get in the way of a pleasant fantasy.
— Joseph E. Stiglitz