Europe Quotes by Joseph Stiglitz

I grew up in a family in which political issues were often discussed, and debated intensely.

— Joseph Stiglitz

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

China, with its large emerging middle class, is among the big beneficiaries of globalization.

— Joseph Stiglitz

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

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

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

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

The laws of normal economics dictate that lower taxes combined with increased spending will lead to bigger deficits.

— Joseph Stiglitz

A less healthy America is not going to be as productive.

— Joseph Stiglitz

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

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

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

Moreover, because we chose to finance the way by borrowing, our deficits and debt has soared, and this means we have less room for…

— Joseph Stiglitz

I've always been sceptical about the notion that the market is a person you can engage in an argument with, and that that person…

— Joseph Stiglitz

The striking thing about America is - it's historically, extraordinary unusual,I don't of any other instance - is that productivity of workers and wages…

— Joseph Stiglitz