Author: Joseph Stiglitz

Quotes

Society can't function without shared prosperity.

Society can't function without shared prosperity.

- Joseph Stiglitz

What separates developing countries from developed countries is as much a gap in knowledge as a gap in resources.

What separates developing countries from developed countries is as much a gap in knowledge as a gap in resources.

- Joseph Stiglitz

When you have a highly divided society, it's hard to come together to make investments in the common good.

When you have a highly divided society, it's hard to come together to make investments in the common good.

- Joseph Stiglitz

I don't think we can have democracies that work where most of the people are not benefiting economically, where most of the people are worried about their job security.

I don't think we can have democracies that work where most of the people are not benefiting economically, where most of the people are worried about their job security.

- Joseph Stiglitz

In the end, the politics of the euro zone weren't strong enough to create a fully integrated fiscal union with a common banking system, etc.

In the end, the politics of the euro zone weren't strong enough to create a fully integrated fiscal union with a common banking system, etc.

- Joseph Stiglitz

One can only hope that America, and other countries, will not need more natural persuasion before taking to heart the lessons of Hurricane Harvey.

One can only hope that America, and other countries, will not need more natural persuasion before taking to heart the lessons of Hurricane Harvey.

- Joseph Stiglitz

My teachers helped guide and motivate me; but the responsibility of learning was left with me, an approach to learning which was later reinforced by my experiences at Amherst.

My teachers helped guide and motivate me; but the responsibility of learning was left with me, an approach to learning which was later reinforced by my experiences at Amherst.

- Joseph Stiglitz

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