World War II was really unusual, because America was in the Great Depression before. So the war did help the US economy… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
The striking thing about America is - it's historically, extraordinary unusual,I don't of any other instance - is that productivity of workers… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
One can only hope that America, and other countries, will not need more natural persuasion before taking to heart the lessons of… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
Even if Bush could be forgiven for taking America, and much of the rest of the world, to war on false pretenses,… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
Europe can't rely on a Trump-led U.S. for its defence. But, at the same time, it should recognise that the cold war… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
For Obama, the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement - unilaterally abrogated by Trump - was part of the 'pivot to Asia,' a re-assertion of… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
America's role in the global economy inevitably was going to diminish; we're smaller relative to - as China, India, other emerging markets… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
Behind Trump's promise to 'make America great again' lie many fallacies. The most important fallacy is that America's place in the world… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
America under Trump has gone from being a world leader to an object of derision. — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
An economy in which most citizens are doing worse year after year - an economy like America's - is not likely to… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
America and the world are paying a high price for devotion to the extreme anti-government ideology embraced by Donald Trump and his… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
I grew up in a family in which political issues were often discussed, and debated intensely. — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
But individuals and firms spend an enormous amount of resources acquiring information, which affects their beliefs; and actions of others too affect their beliefs. — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
China, with its large emerging middle class, is among the big beneficiaries of globalization. — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
Trickle-down economics is a myth. Enriching corporations - as the TPP would - will not necessarily help those in the middle, let alone those… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
Some people say we have this inequality because some people have been contributing much more to our society, and so it's fair that they… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
It's actually a tribute to the quality of economics teaching that they have persuaded so many generations of students to believe in so much… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
In an economy, when the government spends more and invests in the economy, that money circulates, and recirculates again and again. So not only… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
The laws of normal economics dictate that lower taxes combined with increased spending will lead to bigger deficits. — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
As I noted in my Nobel lecture, an early insight in my work on the economics of information concerned the problem of appropriability -… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
We noted the psychological problems facing many of the returning from Iraq veterans - of the 700,000 returning veterans, more than a 100,000 have… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
World War II was really unusual, because America was in the Great Depression before. So the war did help the US economy to get… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
