As I noted in my Nobel lecture, an early insight in my work on the economics of information concerned the problem of… — 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… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
The roots of the crisis in East Asia were in private sector decisions. The biggest problems were the misallocation of investment, most… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
The country has large unfunded liabilities - social security, health care, and there will have to be some adjustments to these problems.… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
They [political leaders ] thought the only problem was the banking system, and if they fixed the banking system, all would be… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
In fact, for just about 1/6 of the cost of an Iraq War, we could have put the social security system on… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
One of the real costs of the war is that our security is actually less than it otherwise would have been -… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
I understand why political leaders in the beginning want to be cheerleaders to generate optimism. But to admit that they didn't understand… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
Most poor people earn more than minimum wage when they are working; their problem is not low wages. The problem comes when… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
Trump is particularly unfit to serve because he approaches these without any view of what the truth is, and he approaches these… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
The problem with NAFTA was with what we wanted. And there, the agenda had been set by our corporations. So what is… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
The problem is a lot of what is called economics is not economics. It is more ideology or religion. — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
I think what they've been doing is largely almost in firefighting mode without a good conceptual framework - either at the micro… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
The basic thing that made Trump popular is that he blamed others for the problems that we have in the United States.… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
I don't think if we had been able to make that choice rationally, we would have said that's what we want to… — 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
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